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US 8,286,197 B2Granted
Method and system for comprehensive socket application programming interface loopback processing
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorSwee Huat Sng
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Abstract
Methods and systems for comprehensive socket API loopback processing on a computing device. In an exemplary method and system, a socket API processes loopback calls without resort to a TCP/IP protocol stock or lower level systems (e.g. network drivers), reducing overhead requirements and processing burdens imposed on the TCP/IP stack and lower level systems and improving overall computing device performance.
Claims14
A network capable computing device, comprising:
- an application;
- a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack;
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- a socket application programming interface (socket API) operatively coupled with the application and the TCP/IP stack and configured to receive a call from the application, determine whether the call is a loopback call, invoke the TCP/IP stack to process the call in response to determining that the call is a non-loopback call, and process the call without resort to any network protocol stack in response to determining that the call is a loopback call.
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A method for loopback processing on a computing device having an application and a TCP/IP stack operatively coupled with a socket API, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by the socket API, from the application, a plurality of calls;
- identifying, by the socket API, one or more loopback calls and one or more non-loopback calls within the plurality of calls;
- invoking, by the socket API, the TCP/IP stack to process the one or more non-loopback calls;
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- processing, by the socket API, without resort to any network protocol stack, the one or more loopback calls.
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