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System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes

  • US 10,652,358 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2018
  • Issued: 05/12/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for fetching over the Internet a content stored in a first server by a first device using multiple devices, each device of the multiple devices is identified in the Internet by a respective IP address stored in a memory, the content is partitioned into a plurality of content slices, each of the content slices containing at least part of the content and is identified using a respective content slice identifier, the method fetching one of the content slices comprising:

  • (i) sending, by the first device, the content slice identifier;

    (ii) selecting a device from the multiple devices, in response to the sending by the first device, by selecting the respective stored IP address of the selected device;

    (iii) sending, by the selected device, the content slice identifier to the first server;

    (iv) sending, by the first server to the selected device, the content slice in response to the sending by the selected device;

    (v) receiving, by the selected device, the content slice in response to the sending of the content slice by the first server; and

    (vi) receiving, by the first device, the content slice in response to the receiving of the content slice by the selected device,wherein each of the multiple devices is a portable or mobile device and comprises or consists of a smartphone that stores, operates, or uses, a mobile operating system,wherein the steps (i)-(vi) are repeated for each one of the content slices,wherein the method further comprising, upon receiving of all the content slices, composing, by the first device, the content from all of the received content slices, andwherein the multiple devices are used as intermediary devices so that the first server is prevented from being aware of the first device.

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