Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accessing local network resources in a multi-interface system
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Application No.: US13975852Application Date: 2013-08-26
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Publication No.: US09860156B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Nicholas Armstrong , Jakub Schmidtke , Robert Robinson , Severn Tsui
- Applicant: Pravala, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: WILMERDING COMMUNICATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: WILMERDING COMMUNICATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L12/701 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/707 ; H04W76/02

Abstract:
A method is provided for selectively routing data packets on a client device having of plurality of network interfaces for communicating over a network. The method comprising the following steps. It is determined if the data packets should be routed to a network server accessible by a corresponding one of the network interfaces to access local resources offered thereon. If the data packets should be routed to the network server, the data packets are routed directly to the network server via the corresponding network interface. Otherwise, the data packets are routed via a default route. A client device configured to implement the method is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140068104A1 ACCESSING LOCAL NETWORK RESOURCES IN A MULTI-INTERFACE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-03-06
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