Network station adjustable fail-over time intervals for booting to backup servers when transport service is not available
US7401247B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for adjusting failover intervals in a computer network is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention transport protocol requests are sent to a backup server, receiving response messages from the server, and then the rate of transport protocol requests is adjusted according to the response messages.
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