Patent ID: 11868410
Assignee: SPRINT SPECTRUM LP
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling processing by a data server, the method comprising:
receiving by a computing system, from a client entity, a request for information; and
responsive to the computing system receiving from the client entity the request, (i) determining by the computing system, based on the client entity from which the computing system received the request, a processing time limit for the data server to apply in processing a query for the information, and (ii) generating and sending by the computing system to the data server the query, including in the query an indication of the determined processing time limit,
wherein determining the processing time limit based on the client entity from which the computing system received the request comprises determining the processing time limit based on an identity or class of the client entity from which the computing system received the request,
whereby the data server receives and processes the query and imposes the specified processing time limit on the processing of the received query.