US Patent 7912927 Wait for ready state

Automation of actions on a server system (e.g., web server, FTP server) is facilitated by a server system that is ready for actions to be performed upon it. Because there are scenarios when a server system is not in a state to be acted upon (e.g., web page changed due to navigation, script execution, asynchronous request through dynamic web extensions), an automated action needs to be synchronized to when then server system is in a ready state for that action to occur. A wait-for-ready state can be initiated that detects when a server system is ready for a next action.