Patent ID: 6119121
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for maintaining login service parameters within a base computer, the method comprising the steps of:a step of receiving within the base computer a login service parameter of a remote computer, thereby establishing the remote computer as a logged in port to the base computer;a step of allocating a login service parameter portion structure to store a portion of the login service parameter of the logged in port;a step of copying the login service parameter portion of the logged in port into the allocated login service parameter portion structure;a step of comparing the login service parameter of the logged in port with stored login service parameter structures;if the login service parameter of the logged in port, except for a login service parameter portion thereof, is identical to one of the stored login service parameters, a step of:adding a first pointer to one of the stored login service parameters structures into the allocated login service parameter portion structure;if the logged in port login service parameter, except for a login service parameter portion thereof, is not identical with any stored login service parameters, the steps of:designating a login service parameter structure for the logged in port;writing the logged in port login service parameter into the designated login service parameter structure; andadding a first pointer to the designated login service parameter structure into the allocated login service parameter portion structure;sending electrical signals from the base computer to the remote computer based on the login service parameter; whereinthe designating step includes the steps of:determining whether a selectively predetermined memory limit has been reached; and if the selectively predetermined memory limit has been reached,utilizing a cache updating algorithm to identify an login service parameter structure which satisfies the algorithm, the login service parameter structure identified being the designated login service parameter structure; or if the predetermined memory limit has not been reached,allocating a login service parameter structure in memory as the designated login service parameter structure.