	US 7,031,314 C1 (12,847th)
	Systems and methods for providing differentiated services within a network communication system
David Craig, San Jose, CA (US); Constantine Polychronopoulos, Mountain View, CA (US); and Sung-wook Han, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by David Craig, San Jose, CA (US); Constantine Polychronopoulos, Mountain View, CA (US); and Sung-wook Han, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to OPTIMORPHIX, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,520, May 23, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,031,314, issued Apr. 18, 2006, Appl. No. 10/126,131, Apr. 19, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/309,213, filed on Jul. 31, 2001.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/291,918, filed on May 16, 2001.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Feb. 13, 2025.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 67/1014 (2022.01); H04L 67/1023 (2022.01); H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.01); H04L 67/564 (2022.01); H04L 69/329 (2022.01); H04L 51/066 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 67/563 (2022.05) [H04L 67/1001 (2022.05); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/564 (2022.05); H04L 69/329 (2013.01); H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.05)]

AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:

Claims 1-27 are cancelled.

27. A system for performing differentiated services within a network communication system, the system comprising:
a processor; and

a memory unit, operably coupled to the processor, for storing data an instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to operate so as to:
classify a connection that has been requested between the client and the server to determine whether the connection matches a predetermined service criteria, the predetermined service criteria associated with at least one of the plurality of service applications;

form a first connection between the client and the service module and a second connection between the service module and the server in response to the connection matching the predetermined service criteria; and

use the first connection and the second connection to redirect at least a portion of data communicated between the client and the server to the service application associated with the predetermined service criteria.