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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Norbert M. Blam, Austin, TX (US);
James Arthur Brewer, Leander, TX (US);
Charles Edward Tysor, Leander, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norbert M. Blam, Austin, TX (US);
James Arthur Brewer, Leander, TX (US);
Charles Edward Tysor, Leander, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.