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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1999
Robert J. Abrams, Naperville, IL (US);
Young-Fu Chang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Jaap T. Erne, Zeewolde, NL;
Stuart M. Garland, Morton Grove, IL (US);
John A. Johnson, Wheaton, IL (US);
Richard A. Kamieniecki, Naperville, IL (US);
Chinmei C. Lee, Woodridge, IL (US);
Francis J. Pope, Naperville, IL (US);
Marilyn A. Wouda, Chicago, IL (US);
ZhongJin Yang, Naperville, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Computers that exchange data over communication networks frequently wait for responses to messages and therefor use timers to control the amount of time that the computer will wait for a response to a command issued over a network. Communication network responsiveness varies as traffic loading on the network changes. Fixed-value timers that don't take network loading into account can inadvertently terminate communications if a response is not timely received. Varying or adjusting data communication timers according to data network responsiveness can prevent erroneous data communication session termination.