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US 7,991,870 · App. 11/981,311 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Method and apparatus for a client connection manager

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Patent No.
US 7,991,870
App. No.
11/981,311
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method and apparatus for a connection manager have been disclosed. By providing for persistent connections with clients, the connection manager allows for servers to communicate with clients, which would otherwise be inaccessible.

Claims (6)

1. A method comprising:

establishing a connection;

maintaining the connection in an active state, or a non-active state selected from the group consisting of inactive, and sleep;

establishing a connection state table wherein the connection state table is a plurality of tables, at least one table for an active connection, and at least one table for a non-active connection;

spawning a low priority thread to search at least one of the plurality of tables; and

reviving a non-active connection.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: BMO BANK N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 065835/0205 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: BMO BANK N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065836/0981 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.
Reel/Frame 051370/0023 →