Patent ID: 7599287
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining a particular number of tokens in a token bucket for use in processing items by a particular machine, the particular number of tokens being stored among a plurality of different storages, said storages including a primary storage and a secondary storage, the primary storage including a primary storage token value, the secondary storage including a secondary storage token value, the particular number of tokens including the primary storage token value plus the secondary storage token value, the method comprising: identifying, by the particular machine, that the particular number of tokens is sufficient to process a first item of said items without accessing the secondary storage token value; and adjusting, by the particular machine, the particular number of tokens by modifying the primary storage token value and not accessing the secondary storage token value, said modifying the primary storage token value includes adjusting the primary storage token value by an amount corresponding to the tokens required to process the first item.