One example may include transmitting and receiving data by a device over one or more data channels, determining one or more of an upload data rate and a download data rate of the one or more data channels are below a data rate threshold, and bonding two or more of the data channels to create one or more of an aggregated upload data rate and an aggregated download data rate, wherein at least one of the two or more data channels is only used to transmit or receive data.
One example process may include receiving, via a virtual private network (VPN) server, a communication from a client device among various client devices currently operating on a VPN, determining the client device communication is intended for one or more other of the client devices operating on a virtual overlay network managed by a data network management entity server operating on the VPN, determining, via the VPN server, the client device and the one or more other of the client devices are registered to the virtual overlay network, and forwarding, via the VPN server, the communication to one or more other VPN servers which are communicating with the one or more of other of the client devices.
One example may include closing, via a client device, an active transport socket associated with a communication session with a virtual private network (VPN) server after identifying a period of data inactivity over a first network, identifying, via the client device, new application data traffic intended for a remote destination, forwarding, via the client device, a message on a second network to the VPN server, and the message includes previously used session information, and re-establishing the communication session between the client device and the VPN server when the previously used session information matches one or more session parameters stored in a client profile.
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One example may include forwarding data, via a router operating on a local data network, to a first client device, determining, via the router, a failure in a data connection used to receive the data from another data network, identifying, via the router, a second client device operating on the local data network, transmitting, via the router, a message over the local data network to the second client device, responsive to the message being received by the second client device, receiving, via the router, additional data over the local data network from the second client device, and forwarding, via the router, the additional data to the first client device.
One example may include a process that includes bonding connections between a client device and a server, transmitting a portion of data packets associated with an application used by the client device to be sent over a first connection of the connections and a remaining portion of the data packets to be concurrently sent over another connection of the plurality of connections, determining packets have dropped on the first connection of the plurality of connections, slowing a data rate of the first connection, monitoring data metrics of the connections, and removing one of the first connection and the another connection based on one or more monitored communication thresholds being satisfied by the data metrics.
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PERFORMING CHANNEL SELECTIONS TO OPTIMIZE DATA TRANSMISSION
One example may include monitoring a data transmission rate of a client device using one or more of a first channel and a second channel for data transmissions, determining the data transmission rate is lower than a target data transmission rate, determining an expected data rate increase for a combined data transmission rate of the first channel being bonded with the second channel based on a comparison of a data transmission rate of the first channel and a data transmission rate of the second channel, and bonding the first channel with the second channel when it is determined that the combined data transmission rate of the first channel and the second channel is higher than the data transmission rate of the first channel.
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H04L 1/02 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by diversity reception
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One example may include communicating, via a mobile device, with a router of a Wi-Fi network and a base station of a cellular network, identifying, via the mobile device, another mobile device operating on the Wi-Fi network, transmitting, via the mobile device, a request for data to the another mobile device, and the request is transmitted to the router, and responsive to the request being approved by the another mobile device, receiving, via the mobile device, data from the another mobile device.
One example may include receiving data, via a client device, over a first connection of a first network, sending a request, via the client device, to access a second network detected by the client device while the client device is communicating over the first network, responsive to receiving a captive portal from the second network, forwarding, via the client device, authentication information over a second connection to the second network, and receiving additional data, by the client device, over the first connection provided by the first network and a second connection provided by the second network after the authentication information is approved.
An example may include receiving upload packets at an interconnect server center (ISC) device from a client device, and the upload packets include a header identifying the (ISC) device as a destination field and a destination server as an additional destination field, replacing, via the ISC device, a source field of the upload packets with an additional source field identifying the ISC device, selecting, via the ISC device, an optimal Internet pathway among a plurality of different Internet pathways based on network characteristics of the Internet pathways, and routing, via the ISC device, the upload packets to the destination server via the selected optimal Internet pathway.
One example method of operation may include transmitting, via a computer device, packets over a first channel of a Wi-Fi network and a second channel of a cellular network bonded with the first channel, determining one or more of the first and second channels experienced a network communication error, transmitting subsequent packets over a mirrored channel transmission comprising the first and second channels both transmitting the subsequent packets in parallel as duplicated packets on both the first and second channels for a period of time, determining no network communication errors occurred for the period of time, and responsive to the no network communication errors for the period of time, transmitting further subsequent packets over the bonded first and second channels, and the further subsequent packets include unique packets being transmitted on both the first and second channels.
One example process may include identifying a container record stored in a container responsive to an ended virtual private network (VPN) session, performing an exit operation to unload use of the container, and the exit operation is performed by a container parent process which terminates one or more other container processes, updating the container record to an available status, assigning the container to a new session with a client device and a VPN server, and responsive to assigning the container to the new session, initiating one or more new container processes with the container and maintaining the container parent process.
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One example method of operation may include receiving a domain name service (DNS) request, via a routing module of a client device, intended to be routed through a first virtual private network (VPN) server, determining, via the routing module, the DNS request matches information stored on a deny list, routing the DNS request to a second VPN server different from the first VPN server, receiving, via the client device, an IP address associated with the DNS request, and transmitting a data request intended for a remote server associated with the IP address to the second VPN server.
One example process may include determining, via a virtual private network (VPN) server, one or more client devices are currently sharing content data during a conference including a plurality of active client devices, determining, via the VPN server, one or more communication session parameters associated with the one or more of the client devices is outside one or more communication session parameter thresholds, and prioritizing, via the VPN server, the shared content data and modifying the one or more communication session parameters of the one or more client devices which are forwarding the shared content to the VPN server during the conference.
An example method of operation may include monitoring an amount of data exchanged by a client device via a bonded connection with a first channel and a second channel used to simultaneously transfer data between the client device and one or more other network devices, determining a first amount of data used on the first channel and second amount of data used on the second channel, comparing the amount of data used on the first channel to a data usage threshold, reducing a data rate of subsequent transfers of data by the client device on the first channel and maintaining a data rate of the second channel, and transmitting and receiving data simultaneously by the client device on the first and second channels, and the reduced data rate of the first channel is less than a data rate of the second channel.
An example method may include determining a transmission rate for streaming session data packets, prioritizing a first plurality of data packets identified as the streaming session data packets, to be delivered to a client device prior to a second plurality of data packets, identified as non-streaming session data packets, measuring a transmission rate of data streamed to the client device, performing connection bonding using two or more connections when the measured transmission rate is below the transmission rate, increasing the transmission rate of the first plurality of packets to a faster transmission rate on the bonded connections for a period of time, and reducing the transmission rate of one of the two or more connections when a packet loss rate is below a threshold packet loss rate.
One example may include a process that includes establishing a connection between a client device and a server, monitoring communication over the connection to identify whether there is a communication delay based on one or more communication thresholds, establishing another connection between the client device and the server when a communication delay is detected based on the one or more communication thresholds, bonding the connection and the another connection permitting data packets associated with an application used by the client device to be split between the connection and the another connection, and forwarding a portion of the data packets associated with the application to the client device over the connection and concurrently forwarding a remaining portion of the data packets associated with the application over the another connection.
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One example may include transmitting data between a client device and a server over a first channel, identifying a transmission rate of the first channel, transmitting additional data between the client device and the server over a second channel, determining whether a transmission rate of the second channel is above or below a transmission rate threshold associated with the first channel, and bonding the first channel with the second channel based on the transmission rate of the second channel being above the transmission rate threshold.
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One example may include receiving data, via a client device, from a virtual private network (VPN) server over a first connection of a first network, sending a request sent outside the VPN server, via the client device, to access a second network detected by the client device while the client device is communicating with the VPN server over the first network, responsive to receiving a captive portal from the second network, forwarding, via the client device, authentication information over a second connection to the second network, and receiving additional data, by the client device, from the VPN server over the first connection provided by the first network and a second connection provided by the second network after the authentication information is approved.
One example includes transmitting a first request for data from a client device to a server, transmitting a second request for the data from the client device to the server, wherein the second request is transmitted prior to receiving a response to the first request, and receiving the data from the server at the client device responsive to the second request being sent from a different access point than an access point used to send the first request.
One example may include forwarding a connection request from a client device to a virtual private network (VPN) server, receiving at the client device a data file comprising one or more connection parameters to use during a connection, forwarding another connection request to another VPN server based on the one or more connection parameters and a type of application used by the client device, and enabling a connection between the client device and the another VPN server, and the connection is established with a specific data rate identified in the data file and based on the type of application used by the client device.
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One example may include receiving a data session request at a VPN server from a client device to establish a data session to receive data from a remote server, determining whether the data session request should be routed to one or more available proxy devices based on one or more of known attributes of the remote server and a data session requirement associated with the data session, selecting by the VPN server, one or more proxy devices to forward the data request to the remote server, and the one or more proxy devices are selected based on one or more data session requirements associated with the data session and receiving, at the VPN server, the data from the remote server by the one or more proxy devices, and forwarding, via the VPN server, the data to the client device.
An example method may include receiving upload packets, at an interconnect server center (ISC) device from a virtual private network (VPN) client device, and the upload packets may include a header identifying the (ISC) device and a destination server as destination fields, transmitting, via the ISC device, tests packets along a plurality of different Internet pathways to identify network characteristics of the Internet pathways, determining an amount of time until one or more responses to the test packets are received, and forwarding the upload packets to a VPN server for routing to the destination server via an Internet pathway selected based on the amount of time associated with the received test packets.
One example may include transmitting a request from a first device to a second device to retrieve data from a remote server, and the first device and the second device are operating on a common network, responsive to receiving the request, transmitting a connection request, via the second device, to a virtual private network (VPN) server over a connection between the second device and the VPN server, receiving from the VPN server, via the second device, a portion of the data retrieved from the remote server over the connection between the second device and the VPN server, and transmitting, via the second device, the portion of the data over the common network to the first device, and wherein the first device combines the portion of the data with another portion of the data received from the VPN server.
One example process may include determining, via a virtual private network (VPN) server, one or more client devices are currently content sharing during a conference including a plurality of active client devices, monitoring, via the VPN server, communication session parameters of one or more of the client devices which are forwarding the shared content to the VPN server, and the shared content is destined for one or more of the other client devices, modifying, via the VPN server, one or more of the communication session parameters of the one or more client devices which are forwarding the shared content to the VPN server, and determining whether the modified one or more communication session parameters have increased a performance of the one or more other client devices.
One example method of operation may include determining whether a data request initiated by a client device to obtain data from a remote server should be forwarded by a virtual private network (VPN) server or outside of the VPN server, forwarding, via the client device, a data fetch outside of the virtual private network (VPN) server in communication with the client device, to obtain the data from the remote server, and the remote server is identified on a list identifying servers requiring non-VPN communications, receiving the data from the remote server, via the client device, outside of the VPN server, forwarding, via the client device, a request for additional data to the VPN server, and receiving the additional data from the VPN server at the client device.
One example may include identifying a communication session between a client device and a virtual private network (VPN) server has paused based on inactivity criteria, releasing communication session resources used by the communication session to a session resource pool, receiving a message at the VPN server from the client device indicating previously used session information, and re-establishing the communication session and resuming session data transfers between the client device and the VPN server using one or more of the communication session resources from the resource pool.
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One example may include forwarding a request sent outside a VPN server, via a client device, to access a second communication network detected by the client device, and the client device is communicating with the VPN server over a first communication network, responsive to receiving a captive portal, forwarding, via the client device, authentication information to obtain access to the second communication network, and the authentication information is not forwarded to the VPN server, and receiving data, by the client device, from a remote server over a bonded connection including a first connection provided by the first communication network bonded with a second connection provided by the second communication network to form the bonded connection.
One example may include a process that includes establishing a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a client device and a server to form a virtual private network (VPN), permitting communication between the client device and the server on the TCP connection, monitoring, via the VPN server, communication over the TCP connection to identify one or more connection parameters, establishing a second connection between the client device and the server when the one or more connection parameters indicate a slowing of the TCP connection below a threshold and below a previously measured connection rate, receiving, via the TCP connection, application data used by one of the applications operating on the client device, and receiving, via the second connection, application data used by another application of the applications.
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One example may include transmitting data between a client device and a server over a first channel, sending test data on a second channel to identify a transmission rate of the second channel, comparing the transmission rate to a transmission rate threshold, and determining whether to perform bonding of the first channel with the second channel based on the transmission rate of the second channel being greater or less than the transmission rate threshold.
H04B 1/74 - Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission for increasing reliability, e.g. using redundant or spare channels or apparatus
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H04L 43/08 - Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
One example process may include determining whether an Internet connection of a client device to a network is to a primary priority network or a lesser priority network based on a network type, identifying one or more network parameters associated with the network when the network type is a primary priority network, and determining whether to maintain the Internet connection and whether to change a network priority of the network based on the one or more network parameters.
One example method of operation may include transmitting, via a first computer device to a second computer device, a first portion of packets of a data stream over a first channel and a second portion of the packets of the data stream over a second channel bonded with the first channel, and the first portion and the second portion include different packets of the data stream, determining the data stream experienced a potential network communication error, and retransmitting at least a portion of the data stream packets over a mirrored channel transmission with the first and second channels which both retransmit in parallel at least a same portion of the retransmitted portion of the data stream.
An example method may include identifying upload packets at a VPN client operating on a client device, and the upload packets include a header with a destination server as the destination field and the client device as the source field, adding, via the VPN client, an additional header identifying the client device in an additional source field and identifying an interconnect server center (ISC) device in an additional destination field, to create modified upload packets, receiving the modified upload packets from the client device at the ISC device, replacing, via the ISC device, the additional source field of the modified upload packets with a new additional source field identifying the ISC device and replacing the additional destination field of the modified upload packets with a new additional destination field identifying a VPN server to create further modified upload packets, and forwarding the further modified upload packets to the VPN server for routing to the destination server.
One example process may include receiving data at a mobile device from a cellular data channel associated with a cellular network during a communication session comprising an IP address assigned to the mobile device for use during the communication session, determining the mobile device is within a communication range of one or more available wireless local area networks (WLANs), establishing a WLAN channel between the mobile device and a WLAN among the one or more WLANs and pausing the cellular data channel, transmitting and receiving data using the IP address over the WLAN channel as part of the communication session; monitoring a performance of the WLAN channel, identifying a failing data exchange over the WLAN channel between the mobile device and the WLAN, resuming the cellular data channel to supplement the data exchanged by the mobile device, and forwarding the data from the mobile device over the cellular data channel and the WLAN channel during the session.
Data networking may include forwarding, via a client device, data across a first communication network to a virtual private network (VPN) server, wherein the data is destined for a remote server, forwarding a request sent outside the VPN server, via the client device, to access a second communication network detected by the client device, receiving, via the client device, a captive portal requiring authentication information, forwarding, via the client device, the authentication information to an authentication server to obtain access to the second communication network, wherein the authentication information is not forwarded to the VPN server, and forwarding and receiving additional data, via the client device, to the VPN server concurrently across the first communication network and the second communication network.
One example process may include modifying a status of a container after a communication session associated with the container has ended, receiving a token from a client device to establish a communication session with a virtual machine, assigning the client device to the container, updating a container state file to include the token, a file version and a client device identifier, and responsive to assigning the client device, initiating one or more container processes with the container and maintaining one or more container processes already operating in an active status with the container prior to the assignment.
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Apparatus and method for client connection establishment
Connecting a client computer to a server may include receiving a first request at the server from the client computer for content managed by the server, and the first request includes a communication protocol and is sent from a first access point, receiving a second request at the server from the client computer for the content managed by the server, and the second request is transmitted from a second access point prior to the server responding to the first request and includes a different communication protocol than the first request, determining by the server the first request and the second request share a common attribute, transmitting a connection acceptance message from the server to the client computer identifying a selected one of the first request and the second request based on a most optimal connection associated with the selected request, and establishing a connection between the server and the client computer based on the selected request.
One example process may include identifying a paused active communication session between a client device and a server, releasing communication session resources dedicated to the communication session to a session resource pool, and re-establishing the active data session responsive to receiving a message from the client device including one or more session re-establishment parameters.
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One example process may include enabling a connection between one of a plurality of client devices and one or more servers via one of a plurality of virtual private network servers (VPNs), monitoring connection performance of the connection over a period of time, modifying one or more connection parameters associated with the connection of the one client device based on the monitored connection performance, identifying whether an increase or decrease in a performance of the connection has occurred based on the modified one or more connection parameters, when an increase in performance is identified, storing a current connection status and the modified one or more modified connection parameters in a temporary data file, and transmitting the temporary data file to one or more of the other VPN servers and the plurality of client devices.
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Providing multiple TCP connections between a client and server
One example may include a process that includes establishing a first transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a client device and a server to form a virtual private network (VPN), permitting communication between the client device and the server on the first TCP connection, monitoring communication over the first TCP connection to identify one or more connection parameters, and establishing a second TCP connection between the client device and the server when the one or more connection parameters indicate a slowing of the first TCP connection below a threshold and below a previously measured connection rate.
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An example method of operation may include exchanging data between a client device and a server at a first transmission rate via at least one of a first channel and a second channel, monitoring an amount of data exchanged, comparing the amount of data exchanged to a first data amount threshold and a second data amount threshold for at least one time period, partially limiting subsequent transfers of data between the client device and the server when the first data amount threshold is reached in the at least one time period, and further partially limiting the subsequent transfers of data or ending transfer of data between the client device and the server when the second data amount threshold is reached in the at least one time period.
One example may include transmitting data between a client device and a server over a first channel, determining an error rate on at least one of the first channel and a second channel not mirrored with the first channel, when the error rate crosses a first error rate threshold then mirroring the first channel and the second channel, and when the error rate is between the first error rate threshold and a second error rate threshold that is different than the first error rate threshold, determining whether to continue mirroring or discontinue the mirroring of the first channel and the second channel.
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An example method may include receiving first data packets intended for a client device at a virtual private network (VPN) server, receiving, concurrently with the first data packets, second data packets at the VPN server, identifying, via the VPN server, whether the first or second packets correspond to a real-time streaming session based on one or more of header information and packet size of the first and second packets and a transmission rate associated with the first and second packets, prioritizing the first data packets, identified as real-time streaming session data packets, to be delivered to the client device prior to the second data packets, identified as non-real-time streaming session data packets, and performing connection bonding or connection mirroring using two or more connections when one or more of a data packet loss rate is above a threshold packet loss rate and the transmission rate is below a threshold transmission rate.
An example method may include identifying upload packets at a VPN client operating on a client device, which include a header with a destination server as the destination field and the client device as the source field, adding, via the VPN client, an additional header identifying the client device in an additional source field and identifying an interconnect server center (ISC) device in an additional destination field, to create modified upload packets, receiving the modified upload packets from the client device at the ISC device, replacing, via the ISC device, the additional source field of the modified upload packets with a new additional source field identifying the ISC device and replacing the additional destination field of the modified upload packets with a new additional destination field identifying a VPN server to create further modified upload packets, and forwarding the further modified upload packets to the VPN server for routing to the destination server.
One example method of operation may include receiving a data request from a client device to retrieve data from one or more servers, identifying from the data request one or more of a domain name and an IP address associated with the one or more servers, determining whether the data will be routed through a VPN server or through a non-VPN route among the one or more servers based on a comparison of one or more of the domain name and the IP address with one or more lists stored in a VPN client application memory associated with the VPN server, and routing the data through the VPN server or outside the VPN server based on results of the comparison.
One example method of operation may include transmitting a data stream from a first device to a second device via one or more channels, determining the data stream experienced a potential network communication error, and retransmitting at least a portion of the data stream over a mirrored channel transmission comprising at least two streams which both retransmit in parallel at least a same portion of the retransmitted portion of the data stream.
A method of connecting a client computer to a server, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first request from the client computer to the server for the server to communicate with the client computer; transmitting a second request from the client computer to the server for the server to communicate with the client computer, the second request transmitted from the client computer to the server without first receiving a response to the first request; wherein there is more than one difference between the first request and the second request, and the response requested from the server based on the first request and the second request is identical.
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A method of communicating with a remote server via a client, the method comprises the steps of: allowing encapsulated data to be transmitted from the client and towards a remote server via a VPN; attempting to gain access to, or to increase access to, a private network with unencapsulated data and outside of the VPN; identifying a captive portal that restricts access to the private network; allowing receipt of signaling with unencapsulated data outside of the VPN that causes an authentication server associated with the captive portal to permit access or increase access to the private network; and transmitting encapsulated data from the client to the remote server via the VPN and over the private network after the authentication server grants access to the private network.
A VPN is established between a client and a remote server. Data is partitioned into a plurality of packets. The packets are encrypted and scheduled for transmission over a cellular and a Wi-Fi connection. Scheduling of the packets is dynamically adjusted. Addresses of the encrypted packets are translated to match network addresses of respective physical interfaces. Packets are transmitted from the client to the server based on the scheduling. A packet that is transmitted on one of the connections and is subsequently lost is subsequently transmitted on the other connection.
A VPN is established between a client and a remote server. Data is partitioned into a plurality of packets. The packets are encrypted and scheduled for transmission over a cellular and a Wi-Fi connection. Scheduling of the packets is dynamically adjusted. Addresses of the encrypted packets are translated to match network addresses of respective physical interfaces. Packets are transmitted from the client to the server based on the scheduling. A packet that is transmitted on one of the connections and is subsequently lost is subsequently transmitted on the other connection.
A method of distributing data over multiple Internet connections is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a client computer with access to a plurality of Internet connections; and (b) providing a host computer for determining the allocation of data to be sent to the client computer over each of the plurality of Internet connections using at least one of (i) predetermined criteria and (ii) dynamically changing criteria.
A Network Address Translating (“NAT”) Router, particularly designed for mobile use, and for managing one or more local area networks, having private internet protocol (“IP”) address ranges, along with multiple “upstream” networks, and for efficiently routing communications traffic to and from the upstream networks, is disclosed. The inventive router allocates multiple network connections of varying quality, to automatically optimize the effective connection speed in a mobile client network with optional personal “hotspot” sub-networks. The inventive NAT router is also capable of managing IP address allocation on local networks to substantially avoid conflicts with other networks encountered in normal use.
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H04L 29/12 - Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups characterised by the data terminal
A method of distributing data over multiple Internet connections is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a client computer with access to a plurality of Internet connections; and (b) providing a host computer for determining the allocation of data to be sent to the client computer over each of the plurality of Internet connections using at least one of (i) predetermined criteria and (ii) dynamically changing criteria.
Systems and methods to provide improved secure, high speed networking between two or more computers is disclosed. The invention provides a robust and flexible means to readily establish a secure connection between two or more computers using insecure public or private network connections, while eliminating most of the difficulties and issues a user typically experiences with varying virtual private networks (“VPN”) and firewall configurations. The inventive system can be adapted to route traffic across multiple network connections based on a variety of criteria, including without limitation, the importance of any given data, the cost of each means of connection, and/or the performance of each possible means of connecting to the client system.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Providing an online network service for enhancing network speeds for users of the Internet; providing an online network service for enabling virtual private network (VPN) operation Providing software as a service (SAAS) featuring bonding Internet connections; providing software as a service (SAAS) featuring data compression software; providing software as a service (SAAS) featuring advertisement filtering software
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Network address translating router for mobile networking
A Network Address Translating (“NAT”) Router, particularly designed for mobile use, and for managing one or more local area networks, having private internet protocol (“IP”) address ranges, along with multiple “upstream” networks, and for efficiently routing communications traffic to and from the upstream networks, is disclosed. The inventive router allocates multiple network connections of varying quality, to automatically optimize the effective connection speed in a mobile client network with optional personal “hotspot” sub-networks. The inventive NAT router is also capable of managing IP address allocation on local networks to substantially avoid conflicts with other networks encountered in normal use.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
H04L 29/12 - Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups characterised by the data terminal
