Patent ID: 8825804

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for avoiding unintentional client-side time-outs, comprising the steps of: receiving at a proxy requested data from a server; transmitting at least one intervention message from the proxy to a client while the proxy waits to receive the requested data from the server, the intervention message comprising content other than the requested data received from the server; determining at the proxy whether the requested data comprises one of a plurality of security violations; and transmitting at least one intervention message from the proxy to the client while determining whether the requested data comprises a security violation, the intervention message comprising content other than the requested data received from the server, wherein transmitting the at least one intervention message comprises transmitting one or more of: a single line of data traffic comprising content other than the requested data received from the server, that is included at the front of a mail header; a single line of data traffic comprising content other than the requested data received from the server, that is included within standard header fields; and a protocol command comprising content other than the requested data received from the server, that is unrelated to the requested data.