SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN A NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
First Claim
1. A method for transporting data from a first device to a second device through a limited bandwidth computer network comprising:
- providing a front-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one first device, said data comprising one of more data packets of a first type;
providing a back-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one second device, said data comprising one or more data packets of said first type;
establishing at least one communication channel coupling the front-end device and the back-end device wherein at least one of the communication channels is configured to transport data between said at least one front-end device and said at least one back-end device in one or more data packets of a second type, which second type differs from said first type;
exchanging network quality of service information between said front-end and said back-end over at least one of said communication channels;
receiving said data comprising one or more data packets of said first type from said first device at said front-end device;
encoding said data received by said front-end device from said first computer by converting said data into one or more data packets of said second type, wherein said step of encoding comprises changing characteristics of said data based at least in part on said exchanged quality of service information;
transmitting said encoded data from said front-end device to said back-end device over said at least one communication channel configured to transport data in packets of said second type;
decoding said encoded data received from said front-end device at said back-end device into data comprising packets of said first type; and
transmitting said decoded data from said back-end device to said second device.
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing functionality within a network on behalf of first and second devices communicating with each other through the network. A front-end device is provided within the network that communicates data traffic with the first device. A back-end device is also implemented within the network and communicates data traffic with the second device. A communication channel couples the front-end device and the back-end device. Data traffic may be encoded into a different type or protocol for transport through the communication channel by the front-end device and back-end device. The front-end device and back-end device exchange quality of service information and may alter characteristics of the data traffic through the communication channel according to the quality of service information.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for transporting data from a first device to a second device through a limited bandwidth computer network comprising:
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providing a front-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one first device, said data comprising one of more data packets of a first type; providing a back-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one second device, said data comprising one or more data packets of said first type; establishing at least one communication channel coupling the front-end device and the back-end device wherein at least one of the communication channels is configured to transport data between said at least one front-end device and said at least one back-end device in one or more data packets of a second type, which second type differs from said first type; exchanging network quality of service information between said front-end and said back-end over at least one of said communication channels; receiving said data comprising one or more data packets of said first type from said first device at said front-end device; encoding said data received by said front-end device from said first computer by converting said data into one or more data packets of said second type, wherein said step of encoding comprises changing characteristics of said data based at least in part on said exchanged quality of service information; transmitting said encoded data from said front-end device to said back-end device over said at least one communication channel configured to transport data in packets of said second type; decoding said encoded data received from said front-end device at said back-end device into data comprising packets of said first type; and transmitting said decoded data from said back-end device to said second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for transporting data from a first device to a second device through a limited bandwidth computer network comprising:
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a front-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one first device, said data comprising one of more data packets of a first type; a back-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one second device, said data comprising one or more data packets of said first type; at least one communication channel coupling the front-end device and the back-end device wherein at least one of the communication channels is configured to transport data between said at least one front-end device and said at least one back-end device in one or more data packets of a second type, which second type differs from said first type, wherein said front-end device and said back-end device exchange network quality of service information between said front-end and said back-end over at least one of said communication channels; wherein said front-end device encodes said data received from said first computer by converting said data into one or more data packets of said second type, said step of encoding comprising changing characteristics of said data based at least in part on said exchanged quality of service information; wherein said back-end device receives and decodes said encoded data from said front-end device into data comprising packets of said first type for use by said at least one second device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for transporting data from a first device to a second device through a limited bandwidth computer network comprising:
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a front-end device comprising an interface to communicate data with at least one first device, said data comprising one of more data packets of a first type, said front-end device configured to encode data of said first type into one or more data packets of a second type; a back-end device comprising an interface to communicate data comprising one or more data packets of said first type with at least one second device, said back-end device configured to decode said encoded data into one or more data packets of a first type; at least one communication channel coupling the front-end device and the back-end device wherein at least one of the communication channels is configured to transport data between said front-end device and said back-end device in one or more data packets of said second type, said second type distinct from said first type; wherein said front-end device and said back-end device are configured to exchange network quality of service information over at least one of said communication channels, and said front-end device is configured to change characteristics of said data from said at least one first device during encoding based at least in part on said exchanged quality of service information - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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