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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Bruce W. Curtis, Dublin, CA (US);
Darrin P. Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hsiao-keng J. Chu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce W. Curtis, Dublin, CA (US);
Darrin P. Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hsiao-Keng J. Chu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that buffers data inside of a byte-stream protocol at a transport layer on a client, which is receiving the data from an external source. The system operates by receiving a configuration parameter at the transport layer from an application executing on the client, wherein the configuration parameter specifies a condition upon which data buffered at the transport layer is to be sent to the application. The system then buffers data destined for the application at the transport layer on the client, and sends the buffered data to the application when the condition specified by the configuration parameter is met. Buffering data at the transport layer on the client facilitates more efficient processing of system calls.