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Method and system for efficient enrichment of upper layer protocol content in transmission control program (TCP) based sessions

  • US 10,171,548 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2014
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network element for processing message flow of a network comprising:

  • an access network interface unit configured to send and receive communications from a mobile device; and

    a processor with a memory associated with the network interface unit and adapted to;

    receive as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP1 Request from a mobile device and identify if the HTTP Request needs to be enriched;

    if so, create a Redirect uniform resource locator (URL) including;

    i) an original requested URL; and

    ii) a Substitution String following the original requested URL; and

    send the Redirect URL back to the mobile device;

    wherein the size of the Substitution String equals a predicted size of an Enriched Header if the network element were to enrich the HTTP Request.

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