| US 7,483,990 B2 | ||
| Method, apparatus, and program for informing a client when a server is busy in the transfer control protocol | ||
| Kavitha Vittal Murthy Baratakke, Austin, Tex. (US); Vinit Jain, Austin, Tex. (US); Ketan Priyakant Pancholi, Austin, Tex. (US); and Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 22, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/443,667. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0236802 A1, Nov. 25, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—227 [709/220; 709/235; 709/224; 709/248] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method in a server for processing a Transmission Control Protocol connection request, the method comprising:
receiving a synchronization request from a client;
determining whether the server is busy; and
responsive to the server being busy, returning a synchronization acknowledgement message with a window size set to zero.
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