Patent ID: 7340772
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for continuing an interrupted operation between a client and a server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing, by a first protocol service, a first connection between a client and the first protocol service, and a second connection between the first protocol service and a server; (b) initiating, by one of the client or the server, an operation between the client and the server via the first connection and the second connection, the operation comprising one or more network communications via a second protocol between the client and the server; (c) communicating, by the client, to the first protocol service via the second protocol encapsulated in a first protocol, and the first protocol service communicating to the server using the second protocol; (d) detecting, by the first protocol service, a disruption in the first connection that interrupts the operation prior to the last network communication of the operation being transacted between the client and the server; (e) while maintaining the second connection and a state of the operation, re-establishing, by one of the client or the first protocol service, the disrupted first connection via the first protocol; and (f) continuing, by one of the client or the first protocol service, to complete the operation via the second protocol.