Method for determining on demand right size buffering within a socket server implementation

US7373378B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark Bauman · Rochester, US
• Bob Richard Cernohous · Rochester, US
• Kent LeDel Hofer · Plainview, US
• John C. Kasperski · Rochester, US
• Steven J. Simonson · Rochester, US
• Jay Robert Weeks · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2002
• Grant date: May 13, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/162
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for acquiring a buffer after data from a remote sender (e.g., client) has been received by a local machine (e.g., server). Because the client data has already been received when the buffer is acquired, the buffer may be sized exactly to the size of the client data. In general, the buffer may be caller supplied or system supplied.