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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Appex Networks Holding Limited, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hao Zhuang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yongdong Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPEX NETWORKS HOLDING LIMITED, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a memory device that stores first history data including a first portion associated with a first end location, and at least one processor configured to receive a closing request from a recipient device storing second history data, indicating that a second portion of the second history data is closing from accepting additional data, and comprising a second end location associated with the second portion; responsive to receiving the closing request, determine whether the first end location matches the second end location; responsive to a matching, enter a confirmation state where the first portion is closed from accepting additional data, and transmit a closing acknowledgement to the recipient device, indicating that the first portion has entered the confirmation state, and allowing the recipient device to close the second portion in response to receiving the closing acknowledgement.