Patent ID: 7523093
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implementable method comprising: retrieving a first entry from a plurality of trickle confirmation entries from a trickle confirmation queue stored in the memory of a computer, wherein the plurality of trickle confirmation entries from the trickle confirmation queue is associated with a first plurality of resources on a network, wherein the first plurality of resources require configuration confirmation, and wherein each entry in the trickle confirmation queue comprises: in response to retrieving the first entry from the plurality of trickle confirmation entries, querying a first resource among the first plurality of resources associated with the first entry from the plurality of trickle confirmation entries for a potential change in configuration to the first resource; in response to detecting a change to a configuration of the first resource, inserting the first entry from the plurality of trickle confirmation entries on a trickle update queue; retrieving a first entry from a plurality of trickle update entries from the trickle update queue, wherein the plurality of trickle update entries from the trickle update queue is associated with a second plurality of resources on the network, wherein the first plurality of resources and the second plurality or resources are different sets of network resources, and wherein the second plurality of resources requires configuration update; and in response to retrieving the first entry from the plurality of trickle update entries, updating configuration information regarding a first resource associated with the first entry from the plurality of trickle update entries.