Patent ID: 7895303
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of executing a server time protocol (STP) control message command, the method comprising: receiving an STP control message command at a second server sent from a first server, the STP control message command being defined for computer execution according to a computer architecture, the STP control message command comprising: responsive to receiving the STP control message command, performing an operation at the second server defined by the operation code of the STP control message command and providing a result based thereon, the result being operation dependent, and wherein where the received STP control message command specifies the read attach server state operation, the operation performed at the second server comprises employing a node descriptor received with the STP control message command to determine a state of an attached server associated with the second server, and wherein where the received STP control message command specifies the read CTN parameter operation, the operation performed at the second server comprises obtaining information from a stratum-1 configuration information block; and sending an STP message response from the second server to the first server, the STP message response comprising the result of performing the operation specified in the STP control message command.