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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Soheila Abdolbaghian, Irvine, CA (US);
Tuan Nguyen, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Soheila Abdolbaghian, Irvine, CA (US);
Tuan Nguyen, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a system and method in which a second application (the 'keep-alive function') sends a ping, message or other signal to a first application to prevent the first application from being timed out (hereinafter, 'keep-alive input'). In an embodiment of the invention, the first application is queried as to the appropriate content and format of a timeout period restart message. The keep-alive function may be automatically executed upon the occurrence of a triggering event. The keep-alive function may, periodically or based on a timeout clock related to the first application, check the status of the first application and/or send a keep-alive input.