Internet protocol for resource-constrained devices
OwnerJeremy Wyn-Harris, Stephen Arthur Hookerinventors
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for connecting a resource-constrained computer device such as a telephone, camera, or personal digital assistant, to a computer network such that the device can make several simultaneous requests to several communications-connected servers. The method allows for the number of requests to exceed the number of physical connection ports available to the device. Allowance is made for failed and cancelled requests, as well as a priority selection from a number of queued requests.
Claims15
A method, executed in software, for establishing an Internet connection between a device and a server, comprising the steps of:
- allocating a telecommunications port of the device and making a service request to a server from that telecommunications port;
- using the device to establish a failed request queue and queuing the request, if it was unsuccessful;
- reverting to the queue if the queue is not empty;
- retrieving the oldest request from the queue and attempting a service request based on the oldest request.
Software for establishing an Internet connection between a device and a server, comprising modules for:
- allocating a telecommunications port of the device and making a service request to a server from that telecommunications port;
- using the device to establish a failed request queue and queuing the request, if it was unsuccessful;
- reverting to the queue if the queue is not empty;
- retrieving the oldest request from the queue and attempting a service request based on the oldest request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.