System and devices facilitating dynamic network link acceleration

• US 10,033,840 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sons of Innovation LLC
• Original Assignee: Circadence Corporation
• Inventors: Vange, Mark, Plumb, Mark, Kouts, Michael, Wilson, Glenn Sydney, Thornton, Paul Randy, McFate, Marlin Popeye, Shaughnessy, Robert John
• Primary Examiner(s): Skripnikov, Alex
• Application Number:
  US15/496,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20170324845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 1/0016 Compositions of the tread
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 : wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 : based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/101 : based on network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1029 : using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1031 : Controlling of the operation of servers by a load balancer, e.g. adding or removing servers that serve requests
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A peer to peer dynamic network acceleration method and apparatus provide enhanced communications directly between two or more enhanced devices, such as enhanced clients. The enhanced clients may comprise a front-end, a back-end, or both. In general, the front-end and back-end of the enhanced clients work in concert to translate data into an enhanced protocol for communication between the enhanced clients. The enhanced protocol may provide acceleration, security, error correction, and other benefits. Data from various applications may be seamlessly translated between a first protocol and the enhanced protocol, such that the applications need not be modified to use the enhanced protocol. The enhanced clients may automatically detect one another to establish an enhanced communications channel automatically.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically accelerating network links between a client computing device and a back-end server comprising the steps of:

receiving a request at said back-end server from said client computing device in a first communication protocol using packets of first type generated by said client computing device to establish a communication link between said client computing device and said back-end server;

transmitting to said client computing device machine readable code configured to implement a front-end mechanism at said client computing device, said front-end mechanism configured to encode packets of said first type generated by said client computing device into encoded packets of a second type, said machine readable code including routing rules defining which of said data packets of said first type are to be encoded into packets of said second type for transmission over an enhanced communication link between said client computing device and said back-end server;

establishing said enhanced communication link between said client computing device and said back-end server;

encoding data traffic from the back-end server into one or more encoded packets of said second type for communication to the front-end mechanism of the client computing device through the enhanced communication link;

receiving one or more encoded packets of said second type comprising data traffic from the client computing device which was intercepted by said front-end mechanism and transmitted through the enhanced communication link based upon said routing rules;

decoding the one or more encoded packets comprising data traffic from the client computing device at the back-end server to restore the data traffic from the client computing device for use by the back-end server; and

receiving quality of service information about the enhanced communication link from the client computing device at the back-end server.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising generating a prompt at said client computing device before transmitting said machine readable code to said client device, wherein if a user of said client computing device provides a required input in response to said prompt, then transmitting said machine readable code to said client computing device.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2 wherein said prompt comprises a request displayed to said user via a display device of said client computing device.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1 further comprising terminating communications with said back-end server if said user does not provide said required input.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said machine-readable code comprises one or more executable files.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said front-end mechanism is configured to intercept and encode packets of said first type intended for transmission to said back-end server but not intercept packets of said first type intended for transmission to other destinations.