Quick and dirty psuedo-ish code for a Node.js Web Socket connection throttler

gistfile1.js

var maxThrottles = 10;
connectionManager[connection.id].lastMessage = +new Date();
connectionManager[connection.id].timeOutUntil = connectionManager[connection.id].lastMessage + 1000; // one second, too long?
connectionManager[connection.id].throttledCount = 0;

connection.addListener("message", function( message ) {
  var messageTime = +new Date();
  if (messageTime < connectionManager[connection.id].timeOutUntil) {
    (throttleCount < maxThrottles) ? connectionManager[connection.id].throttledCount++ : kickMe(connection.id);
  }
  // call method on connection manager to update lastMessage and reset derivative values.
  // continue handling message
});