US 11,956,320 B2
Apparatus and method for client connection establishment
Brian Prodoehl, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US); Kevin Cunningham, Swarthmore, PA (US); Brian Lutz, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Alexander Gizis, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to CONNECTIFY, INC., Philadelphia, OR (US)
Filed by Connectify, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,310.
Application 17/727,310 is a continuation of application No. 17/071,651, filed on Oct. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,368,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,748, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247821 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/56 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.