Patent ID: 7363349
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A gateway server, comprising: a presentation service unit configured to receive data requests from a plurality of remote communication devices, the data requests requesting to send data to or receive data from a data store such data requests corresponding to users of the plurality of remote communication devices which originate the data requests therefrom; and a real-time service unit configured to exchange the data requests from the presentation service unit to an access client associated with the data store, wherein the presentation service unit establishes a communication instance for conveying data between a requesting remote communication device and the real-time service unit, and associates the communication instance established for an initial data request of the requesting remote communication device with subsequent data requests from the same requesting remote communication device; and the presentation service unit utilizes device characteristics corresponding to the requesting remote communication device to determine a threshold time to return a reply to a data request to the requesting remote communication device.