Systems and methods for improving network efficiency
US10880265B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/2514
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for improving network efficiency may include (i) receiving, from a client device, and at a publicly available on-demand cloud computing platform, a network packet that indicates an origination network address of an intermediary local network gateway that forwarded the network packet rather than an actual network address of the client device, and (ii) inserting, into the network packet, and at the publicly available on-demand cloud computing platform, network address translation information indicating a path to the actual network address of the client device to enable a virtual node within the publicly available on-demand cloud computing platform to identify the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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