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System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate Nodes

  • US 20180219970A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2017
  • Published: 08/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for fetching over the Internet a first content, identified by a first content identifier, by a first device, identified in the Internet by a first identifier, from a second server identified in the Internet by a third identifier via a second device identified in the Internet by a second identifier, for use with a third device identified in the Internet by a fourth identifier, using a first server, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving, by the first server over the Internet, the second identifier from the second device;

    (b) in response to receiving the second identifier, storing, by the first server, the second identifier;

    (c) receiving, by the first server over the Internet, a first request from the first device;

    (d) in response to receiving a first request, sending, by the first server over the Internet, the second identifier to the first device;

    (e) receiving, by the first server over the Internet, the fourth identifier from the third device;

    (f) in response to receiving the fourth identifier, storing, by the first server over the Internet, the fourth identifier; and

    (g) in response to receiving the first request, sending, by the first server over the Internet, the fourth identifier to the first device, wherein the second and third devices are client devices.

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