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- Patent Title: System and method for monitoring status of intermediate devices
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Application No.: US17019264Application Date: 2020-09-13
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Publication No.: US11863339B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Derry Shribman , Ofer Vilenski
- Applicant: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Netanya
- Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
- Current Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Netanya
- Agency: May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L61/256 ; H04L67/025 ; H04L69/16 ; G06F9/48 ; H04L61/2592 ; H04L9/40 ; H04L67/02 ; H04L67/288 ; H04L67/2885 ; G06F7/58 ; H04L61/2575 ; H04L61/2585 ; H04L61/2589 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L67/141 ; H04L67/142 ; H04W4/80 ; G06F16/955 ; G06F8/71 ; G06F9/455 ; H04L47/283 ; H04L69/167 ; H04L69/168 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W84/10 ; H04W84/18 ; H04L61/4511 ; H04L61/5007 ; H04L67/01 ; H04L67/56 ; H04L67/63 ; H04L67/133 ; H04L67/563 ; H04L67/5681 ; H04L67/568 ; H04L101/69

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 tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.
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