Patent ID: 7406527

Claim:
A method to negotiate an option for a window scaling factor in a computer environment comprising the steps of: predicting if the option will be needed; if the option is predicted to be needed, predicting if the option will need a value outside of a normal range of values comprising values of 1-16 bytes of the window scaling factor, wherein values outside of the normal range of values include a largest value and a major value, with the major value being a value that is greater than values that a majority of applications use: if the option is predicted to need the value outside of the normal range of values: determining an outside setting of the window scaling factor that is outside of the normal range of values to provide the option with the outside setting; if the outside setting of the window scaling factor comprises a value greater than or equal to one of the largest value and the major value, providing the option with the value greater than or equal to one of the largest value and the major value, wherein the value comprises a value of 256 of the window scaling factor; and if the option is not predicted to need the value outside of the normal range of values: setting a value needed by the option to a normal setting within the normal range of values; and if the option is predicted not to be needed, setting the window scaling factor to a default value.