Patents Examined by Kyoung H Shin
  • Method and apparatus for increasing TCP/IP server responsiveness
    Patent number: 7321935
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is a method and apparatus for a client and server to communicate across a network. The client initiates a communication using a reliable protocol, and transmits in parallel a data request. The data request may be sent using an unreliable protocol. The server begins processing the data request before the connection using the reliable protocol is established. Once the reliable connection is complete, the client retransmits the data request, to which the server responds using the reliable protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Yevgeniy Epshteyn