摘要 |
A method of maintaining a secure communications session between a data requesting entity and a server arranged to process received data requests and to transfer data to requesting entities, the method comprising: receiving a request for data at said server; determining said request comprises an identifier for an existing data generation process, and if no identifier is present, creating a data generation process and an interim response process, generating a first interim response to requesting entity and terminating said interim response process, and if an identifier is present, determining if said data generation process associated with said identifier has terminated, and if not, generating another interim response message to said requesting entity, wherein when one of said interim response messages is received by said requesting entity, said requesting entity is automatically configured to generate a repeat request containing an identifier associated with the data generation process.
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