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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert B. Gordon, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald Francis McBrearty, Austin, TX (US);
Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, TX (US);
Johnny Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for managing receipt of data by a browser through a communications interface. Data is received at the browser through the communications interface using a portion of the bandwidth for the communications interface. Responsive to an input, a rate at which the data is received by the browser is reduced, wherein the portion of the bandwidth used to receive data is reduced.