Patent ID: 6282562
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A device for effecting delay in a data communications network environment, wherein the device has two sides to be connected in the environment substantially as a non bypassable interconnection between on a first side at least one interactive participant of an isolatable sub-network of the environment and on a second side a preponderance of the remaining environment, the device comprising:(a) a receiving port for accepting data communications on the first side of the two sides;(b) a transfer delay interval assigning module connected to the receiving port, said assigning module associating a delay interval metric to each data communication that is exceeding a predetermined traffic load threshold metric;(c) a data communications storage module connected to the assigning module, wherein each data communication is stored therein for the associated delay interval; and(d) a transmitting port connected to the storage module, said transmitting port being for transmitting data communications on the second side of the two sides.