System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes
First Claim
1. A method for anonymously fetching a first content by a first device from a second server over the Internet via a first server, the first content identified in the Internet by a first URL and the first device is identified in the Internet by a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, and for anonymously fetching a second content by the first device from a third server over the Internet via the first server, the second content identified in the Internet by a second URL, and for use with a group of client devices that are each identified in the Internet using a respective IP address, the method by the first server comprising:
- receiving a message over the Internet from each of the client devices in the group, as part of a communication initiated by each of the client devices in the group;
storing, in response to the receiving of the messages, the respective IP addresses of each of the client devices in the group;
receiving the first URL over the Internet from the first device;
selecting a first client device from the group in response to the receiving of the first URL;
sending the first URL over the Internet to the first client device;
receiving the first content over the Internet via the first client device from the second server;
sending the first content over the Internet to the first device;
receiving the second URL over the Internet from the first device;
selecting a second client device from the group in response to the receiving of the second URL;
sending the second URL over the Internet to the second client device;
receiving the second content over the Internet via the second client device from the third server; and
sending the second content over the Internet to the first device,wherein the first device is not included in the client devices in the group,and wherein the first device consists of, or comprises, a host device having a processor and a computer-readable medium storing a software that is executed by the processor.
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Abstract
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
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1. A method for anonymously fetching a first content by a first device from a second server over the Internet via a first server, the first content identified in the Internet by a first URL and the first device is identified in the Internet by a first Internet Protocol (IP) address, and for anonymously fetching a second content by the first device from a third server over the Internet via the first server, the second content identified in the Internet by a second URL, and for use with a group of client devices that are each identified in the Internet using a respective IP address, the method by the first server comprising:
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receiving a message over the Internet from each of the client devices in the group, as part of a communication initiated by each of the client devices in the group; storing, in response to the receiving of the messages, the respective IP addresses of each of the client devices in the group; receiving the first URL over the Internet from the first device; selecting a first client device from the group in response to the receiving of the first URL; sending the first URL over the Internet to the first client device; receiving the first content over the Internet via the first client device from the second server; sending the first content over the Internet to the first device; receiving the second URL over the Internet from the first device; selecting a second client device from the group in response to the receiving of the second URL; sending the second URL over the Internet to the second client device; receiving the second content over the Internet via the second client device from the third server; and sending the second content over the Internet to the first device, wherein the first device is not included in the client devices in the group, and wherein the first device consists of, or comprises, a host device having a processor and a computer-readable medium storing a software that is executed by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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