Apparatus and method for client connection establishment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11956320-B2
Application number	US-202217727310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2022
Priority date	Nov 18, 2019
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a first request at a server from a client computer for content managed by the server, wherein the first request comprises 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, wherein the second request is transmitted from a second access point prior to the server responding to the first request and comprises 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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common attribute is identified as a payload portion of the first request and a payload portion of the second request being the same.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an IP address of the first request is different from an IP address of the second request.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection is established over the most optimal connection of one of the first access point and the second access point.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the most optimal connection is selected based on one or more of a determined lowest error rate and a lowest latency of the selected connection being lower than at least one other connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second request is transmitted from the client computer a predetermined period of time after the first request is sent and prior to the client computer receiving a response to the first request from the server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first request and the second request comprise a request to establish a virtual private network (VPN) server connection.

8. A server comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and
a processor configured to process the instructions, wherein the processor is configured to
receive a first request from a client computer for content managed by the server, wherein the first request comprises a communication protocol and is sent from a first access point;
receive a second request from the client computer for the content managed by the server, wherein the second request is transmitted from a second access point prior to the server responding to the first request and comprises a different communication protocol than the first request;
determine by the server the first request and the second request share a common attribute;
transmit a connection acceptance message 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
establish a connection between with the client computer based on the selected request.

9. The server of claim 8 , wherein the common attribute is identified as a payload portion of the first request and a payload portion of the second request being the same.

10. The server of claim 8 , wherein an IP address of the first request is different from an IP address of the second request.

11. The server of claim 8 , wherein the connection is established over the most optimal connection of one of the first access point and the second access point.

12. The server of claim 8 , wherein the most optimal connection is selected based on one or more of a determined lowest error rate and a lowest latency of the selected connection being lower than at least one other connection.

13. The server of claim 8 , wherein the second request is transmitted from the client computer a predetermined period of time after the first request is sent and prior to the client computer receiving a response to the first request from the server.

14. The server of claim 8 , wherein the first request and the second request comprise a request to establish a virtual private network (VPN) server connection.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
receiving a first request at a server from a client computer for content managed by the server, wherein the first request comprises 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, wherein the second request is transmitted from a second access point prior to the server responding to the first request and comprises 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.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the common attribute is identified as a payload portion of the first request and a payload portion of the second request being the same.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein an IP address of the first request is different from an IP address of the second request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the connection is established over the most optimal connection of one of the first access point and the second access point.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the most optimal connection is selected based on one or more of a determined lowest error rate and a lowest latency of the selected connection being lower than at least one other connection.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the second request is transmitted from the client computer a predetermined period of time after the first request is sent and prior to the client computer receiving a response to the first request from the server.

Assignees

• Connectify Inc

Inventors

• Prodoehl Brian
• Cunningham Kevin
• Lutz Brian
• Gizis Alexander

Classifications

• H04L67/141 Primary

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L12/4633 Primary

  Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling · CPC title

• H04L12/4641

  Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] (LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272) · CPC title

• H04L67/01

  Protocols · CPC title

• H04L67/56

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title