Patent ID: 7415639
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for monitoring the reliability of a data link for a data transmission between a server data processing apparatus and a client data processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a server application program is run on the server data processing apparatus, which server application program comprises: a client application program is run on the client data processing apparatus, which client application program comprises: a data link over which the server application program and the client application program exchange data, the representation unit being configured to generate, in dependence on incoming control data, image data to form a control representation on the client display screen, the first control unit being configured to: the second control unit being configured to carry out a test procedure during which the second control unit periodically transmits a test message to the test unit, the test unit being configured to return, in dependence on the incoming test message, this test message or a different test message to the server application program, the first control unit further being configured to: the second control unit being configured to repeat the transmission of the test messages with a time period shorter than a running time during which the first control unit generates the first control data.