Patent ID: 11949748
Assignee: CIENA CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a client computing device including a processor, a first message to a server, wherein the first message includes a request for a service and a first timeout associated with the service, wherein the request causes generation a blocking call associated with the service on the client computing device;
receiving, by the client computing device, prior to the first timeout expiring, a second message from the server indicating that the service is in-progress; and
transmitting, by the client computing device, a third message to the server, wherein the third message comprises one of a first instruction to continue with the service as the blocking call or a second instruction to convert the blocking call to a non-blocking call associated with the service.