System providing faster and more efficient data communication
First Claim
1. A method for use with a requesting client device that comprises an HTTP client and is identified over the Internet by a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, for use with a first server that is a web server that is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that responds to HTTP requests and stores a first content identified by a first content identifier, for use with a second server distinct from the first web server and identified in the Internet by a second IP address, and for use with a plurality of client devices each identified by a distinct IP address and each storing a part of, or a whole of, the first content, the method by the requesting client device comprising:
- identifying, an HTTP request for the first content;
sending, to the second server using the second IP address over the Internet in response to the identifying, the first content identifier, the first IP address, and a criterion; and
receiving, over the Internet in response to the sending, from a first client device selected from the plurality of client devices according to the criterion, the part of, or the whole of, the first content.
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Abstract
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for use with a requesting client device that comprises an HTTP client and is identified over the Internet by a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, for use with a first server that is a web server that is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that responds to HTTP requests and stores a first content identified by a first content identifier, for use with a second server distinct from the first web server and identified in the Internet by a second IP address, and for use with a plurality of client devices each identified by a distinct IP address and each storing a part of, or a whole of, the first content, the method by the requesting client device comprising:
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identifying, an HTTP request for the first content; sending, to the second server using the second IP address over the Internet in response to the identifying, the first content identifier, the first IP address, and a criterion; and receiving, over the Internet in response to the sending, from a first client device selected from the plurality of client devices according to the criterion, the part of, or the whole of, the first content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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