diff --git a/src/shared/timeout.h b/src/shared/timeout.h
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+/*
+ *
+ *  BlueZ - Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2014  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+typedef bool (*timeout_func_t)(void *user_data);
+typedef void (*timeout_destroy_func_t)(void *user_data);
+
+int timeout_add(unsigned int msec, timeout_func_t func, void *user_data,
+					timeout_destroy_func_t destroy);
+void timeout_remove(unsigned int id);