Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsAndrew Raines Hillson, Douglas Brock Dickie
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation and a second timer rendered operable when the service requests data. The second timer is operable to disable the first timer to suspend the recording of the time when the second timer acquires a value exceeding a pre-defined value, representing the time during which the service is waiting for data in response to a request for data and the second timer re-enables the first timer when the data is received.
Claims4
A method of recording actual time used by a service that makes requests for data, said method comprising:
- recording time during which said service is in operation;
- determining whether or not said service has been waiting for data for a time period longer than a pre-defined time period;
- and
- suspending the recording during periods exceeding a pre-defined duration, during which said service is waiting for data in response to a request for data.
A method of recording actual time used by a service operable to receive data at various rates, said method comprising:
- recording time with a first timer during a period in which said service is in operation;
- determining whether or not a rate at which data received by said service is less than a pre-defined rate;
- and
- disabling said first timer when the rate at which data is received is less than said pre-defined rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.