Patent ID: 8706889
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: after determining that a connection will be or has been set to a wait state, generating a value and associating the value with a connection identifier that identifies the connection; associating a last timestamp and a last sequence number of the connection with the association of the generated value and the connection identifier; after generating the value and associating the value with the connection identifier, determining, based on the connection identifier in a connection request received at a server from a client after the connection was set to the wait state, that a previous instance of the connection identified by the connection identifier is in the wait state, wherein the association of the value and the connection identifier identifies the previous instance of the connection; determining wait state parameters associated with the connection identifier and original connection parameters associated with the previous instance of the connection in the wait state, wherein the original connection parameters include the last sequence number and the last timestamp and the wait state parameters include the association of the value and the connection identifier; providing an acknowledgement message from the server to the client that comprises the wait state parameters and the original connection parameters; receiving, in response to the acknowledgement message, a compliance message at the server from the client that comprises updated wait state parameters and updated connection parameters; and establishing, with the client, a new instance of the connection identified by the connection identifier, wherein the new instance of the connection is established based, at least in part, on the updated wait state parameters and the updated connection parameters.