Patent ID: 11863460
Assignee: TRIPWIRE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A method, comprising:
with an agent bridge computer:
via a computer network, receiving messages from at least one agent executing on a host computer, the messages being generated in response to the agent detecting an event, change, or operation monitored by the agent on the host computer, the messages being sent to the agent bridge computer according to a predetermined rate;
determining, based on a lag between the received messages in a spool, an adjusted rate at which future messages are to be sent by one or more agents; and
via a computer network, sending an advisory message to the at least one agent executing on the host computer comprising the adjusted rate at which the agent will send messages to the agent bridge computer; the adjusted rate being different than the predetermined rate.