Patent ID: 6789119
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An apparatus for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) data interchange, the apparatus comprising:a first client configured to establish a connection with an HTTP server and send an empty get that is marked as an empty packet to the HTTP server, the empty get being an HTTP request method; the HTTP server configured to receive the empty get from the first client, and if the HTTP server has data that is to be sent to the first client, then the HTTP server is configured to respond to the empty get by sending the data to the first client and closing the connection between the first client and the HTTP server, otherwise the HTTP server is configured to hold the empty packet of the empty get until the HTTP server receives data that is to be sent to the first client, and then respond to the empty get by sending the data to the first client and closing the connection between the first client and the HTTP server.