Network communication
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1. A method comprising:
- at a device, opening a first connection to a server;
establishing an information exchange protocol for communicating on the first connection;
at a device, opening a second connection to the server;
selecting an active connection from connections including the second connection; and
communicating information configured for the information exchange protocol using the active connection.
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Abstract
Mobile devices are networked to servers using connections. The connections are monitored to select one or more connections as the active connection. Information from applications is aggregated and transmitted across the active connection in order to network the mobile devices to the servers.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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at a device, opening a first connection to a server;
establishing an information exchange protocol for communicating on the first connection;
at a device, opening a second connection to the server;
selecting an active connection from connections including the second connection; and
communicating information configured for the information exchange protocol using the active connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30)
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12. A method comprising:
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at a server, accepting connections from a device for communicating information configured by an information exchange protocol;
detecting or selecting one or more of the connections of as an active connection; and
communicating information configured by the information exchange protocol using the active connection.
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19. An apparatus comprising a processor and software configured to cause the processor to:
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open a first connection to a server;
establish an information exchange protocol;
open a second connection to a server;
select an active connection from connections including the second connection; and
communicate information configured for the information exchange protocol using the active connection.
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23. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to:
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open a first connection to a server;
establish an information exchange protocol;
open a second connection to a server;
select an active connection from the connections; and
communicate information configured for the information exchange protocol using the active connection.
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28. A system comprising:
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a device, a server, and communication links, in which the device is configured to;
open a first connection to the server using one of the communication links;
establish an information exchange protocol;
open a second connection to the server using another of the communication links;
select an active connection from connections including the second connection;
communicate information configured for the information exchange protocol using the active connection.
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