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System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes

  • US 10,721,325 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2018
  • Issued: 07/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use with multiple devices, each of the multiple devices is identified in the Internet by a distinct IP addresses, and for use with a first server that stores a publicly-accessed web-site that includes a plurality of web-pages, each of the web-pages is identified by a respective Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the method comprising:

  • selecting, for each of the web-pages, a distinct device from the multiple devices;

    sending, by a first device over the Internet for each of the web-pages, to the device selected for the respective web-page, using the IP address of the selected device, a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for the respective web-page using the URL of the respective web-page; and

    receiving, over the Internet in response to the sent HTTP request, the web-pages from the selected devices,constructing, at least part of the publicly-accessed web-site from the web-pages received from the selected devices,wherein each of the multiple devices is a portable or mobile device that stores or operates a mobile operating system, andwherein the first server is prevented from identifying the first device that sent the HTTP requests to the selected devices.

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