Patent ID: 8443087
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling connections at a remote access device comprising: associating a plurality of services of a service set available at the remote access device with a plurality of corresponding service objects; instantiating the plurality of corresponding service objects; instantiating, for at least one service object of the plurality of corresponding service objects, a spare service object; maintaining, by the at least one service object, a plurality of user records comprising a current state of user connections at the remote access device; receiving a first request from a user device for the at least one service object; determining that the at least one service object has failed; in response to determining that the at least one service object has failed, buffering the first request: invoking the spare service object; reading, by the spare service object, the plurality of user records over a period of time; receiving a second request from a second user device for the at least one service object the period of time; buffering the second request; and after the spare service object has read the plurality of user records, processing, by the spare service object, the first request and the second request.