System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate Nodes
First Claim
1. A method for use with a resource associated with a criterion in a client device that communicates with a server over the Internet, the client device is identified in the Internet using a first identifier and is associated with first and second state according to a utilization of the resource, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the client device, communication with the server over the Internet in response to a powering up;
sending, by the client device, the first identifier to the server over the Internet;
periodically or continuously determining whether the resource utilization satisfies the criterion;
responsive to the determining that the utilization of the resource satisfies the criterion, shifting to the first state or staying in the first state; and
responsive to the determining that the utilization of the resource does not satisfy the criterion, shifting to the second state or staying in the second state,performing a task, by the client device upon a request from the server, when in the first state.
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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 use with a resource associated with a criterion in a client device that communicates with a server over the Internet, the client device is identified in the Internet using a first identifier and is associated with first and second state according to a utilization of the resource, the method comprising:
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initiating, by the client device, communication with the server over the Internet in response to a powering up; sending, by the client device, the first identifier to the server over the Internet; periodically or continuously determining whether the resource utilization satisfies the criterion; responsive to the determining that the utilization of the resource satisfies the criterion, shifting to the first state or staying in the first state; and responsive to the determining that the utilization of the resource does not satisfy the criterion, shifting to the second state or staying in the second state, performing a task, by the client device upon a request from the server, when in the first state. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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