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Systems and methods for selecting efficient connection paths between computing devices

  • US 7,898,968 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2006
  • Issued: 03/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a communication path between a first computing device and a second computing device, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving, at a second computing device, a plurality of IP addresses for a first computing device, the first and second computing devices being endpoint computing devices that communicate with one another over a network;

    (b) establishing a primary connection between the first and second computing devices using a first one of the plurality of IP addresses of the first computing device;

    (c) transmitting, from the second computing device, a plurality of probe messages to each of the plurality of IP addresses of the first computing device;

    (d) receiving, at the second computing device from each of the plurality of IP addresses of the first computing device, a plurality of responses to the plurality of probe messages;

    (e) analyzing, at one of the first and second endpoint computing devices, at least one of the plurality of probe messages or the plurality of responses to the plurality of probe messages; and

    (f) selecting, based on the analysis, one of the plurality of IP addresses of the first computing device for future communications between the first to the second computing devices.

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