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US 7,003,569 B2Granted
Follow-up notification of availability of requested application service and bandwidth between client(s) and server(s) over any network
AssigneeCypress Semiconductor Corporation
InventorsGopal K. Garg, Pankai K. Jha
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Abstract
A method for providing orderly service delivery to clients over a network, comprising the steps of (A) requesting data from a location and (B) if a denial is received, notifying a particular client of availability.
Claims20
A method for providing evenly distributed bandwidth requests between one or more clients and a server over a network, comprising the steps of:
- (A) requesting data from a location on said server by one of said clients;
- (B) if said data is available, transferring said data to said client;
- (C) if said data is unavailable, issuing a denial of service indication along with a queuing indication for notifying said client of a particular time window of availability of said data;
- and
- (D) requesting said data from said server during said time window.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for requesting data from a location on a server by one or a plurality of clients;
- means for sending data to said client if said data is available;
- means for notifying a particular client if said data is unavailable, wherein said notification includes a queuing indication for notifying said particular client of a particular time window of availability;
- and
- means for requesting said data from said server during said time window.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a server configured to provide evenly distributed bandwidth requests to a number of clients each configured to request data from said server, over a network;
- a control circuit configured to notify a particular client if said data is unavailable, wherein said notification includes a queuing indication for notifying said client of a particular time window of availability;
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- means for requesting said data from said server during said time window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.