Patent ID: 7234161

Claim:
Method for regulating the passage of packets between a host system and a client system in a network computing environment, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a first packet from the client system, wherein said first packet contains information representative of a request for start of connection; recording packet information of said first packet; passing said first packet to the host system; receiving a second packet from the host system, wherein said second packet contains information representative of an acknowledgement by the host system of said request for start of connection; passing said second packet to the client system; monitoring a response by the client system to said second packet for occurrence within a timer threshold; sending a reset signal to the host system for shutting down a half-open connection if said response by the client system to said second packet is not received within said timer threshold; receiving a delayed response from the client system to said second packet after said elapse of said timer threshold; and raising said timer threshold to be more lenient to the client system that previously forwarded said delayed response.