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`There are several trends in network and Internet usage, which tremendously increase the
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`The increase in bandwidth consumption has created several major problems, a few of
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`The problem for users — the current Internet bandwidth is not sufficient, and thus the effective
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`Onesolution that has been in use is called a “proxy”. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram
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`requests for the client devices 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 thatit is serving.
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`where the Internet is being consumed, and the storage size of the proxy servers at each location
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`would need to be near the size of all the data stored anywhere on the Internet. The
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`abovementioned would lead to massive costs that are impractical. In addition, these proxy
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`solutions cannot deal well with dynamic data that is prevalent now on the Web.
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`There have been commercial companies, such as Akamai, that have deployed such
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`proxies locally around the world, and that are serving a select small group of sites on the
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`Internet.If all sites on the Web were to be solved with such a solution, the capital investment
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`would bein the range ofbillions of dollars. In addition, this type of solution does not handle
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`dynamic content.
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`To create large distribution systems without the large hardware costs involved with a
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`proxy solution, “peer-to-peer file sharing” solutions have been introduced, such as, for example,
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`BitTorrent. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram providing an cxample of a peer-to-peerfile transfer
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`network 50. In the network 50, files are stored on computers of consumers, referred to herein as
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`client devices 60. Each consumer can serve up data to other consumers, via the Internet 62, thus
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`taking the load of serving off of the distributors and saving them the associated costs, and
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`providing the consumer multiple points from which to download the data, referred to herein as
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`peers 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, thus increasing the speed of the download. However, each such peer-to-
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`peer solution must have somesort of index by whichto find the required data. In typical peer-to-
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`peerfile sharing systems, because the index is on a server 80, or distributed among several
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`servers, the numberoffiles available in the system is not very large (otherwise, the server costs
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`would be very large, or the lookup time would be very long).
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`The peer-to-peer file sharing solution is acceptable in file sharing systems, because there
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`are not that many mediafiles that are of interest to the mass (probably in the order of magnitude
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`of millions of movies and songsthat are of interest). Storing and maintaining an index of
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`millions of entries is practical technically and economically. However, if this system were to be
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`used to serve the hundredsof billionsoffiles that are available on the Internet of today, the cost
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`of storing and maintaining such an index would be again in the billions of dollars. In addition,
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`these types of peer-to-peer file sharing systemsare not able to deal with dynamic HTTP data.
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`In conclusion, a system does not exist that enables fast transmission of most of the data
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`on the Internet, that does not incur tremendouscosts, and/or that provides only a very partial
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`solution to the problem of Internet traffic congestion. Thus, a heretofore unaddressed need exists
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`in the industry to address the aforementioned deficiencies and inadequacies.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`The present system and method provides for faster and moreefficient data
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`communication within a communication network. Briefly described, in architecture, one
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`embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A network is provided
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`for accelerating data communication, wherein the network contains: at least one client
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`communication device for originating a data request for obtaining the data from a data server; at
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`least one agent communication device which is assigned to the data server for receiving the data
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`request from the client communication device, wherein the agent keeps track of which client
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`communication devices have received responses to data requests from the assigned data server;
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`at least onc peer communication device for storing portions of data reccived in response to the
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`data request by the at least one client communication device, wherein the portions of data may
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`be transmitted to the at least one client communication device upon request by the client
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`communication device; and at least one acceleration server for deciding which agent
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`communication device is to be assigned to which data server and providing this information to
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`the at least one client communication device.
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`The present system and method also provides a communication device within a network,
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`wherein the communication device contains: a memory; and a processor configured by the
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`memory to perform the steps of: originating a data request for obtaining data from a data server;
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`being assigned to a data server, referred to as an assigned data server; receiving a data request
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`from a separate device within the network, and keeping track of which client communication
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`devices within the network have received responses to data requests from the assigned data
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`server; and storing portions of data received in responseto the originated data request, wherein
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`the portions of data may be transmitted to communication device upon request by the
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`communication device.
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`Other systems, methods, features, and advantagesof the present invention will be or
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`become apparent to one with skill in the art upon cxamination of the following drawings and
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`detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features, and
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`advantages be included within this description, be within the scope of the present invention, and
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`be protected by the accompanying claims.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`Manyaspects of the invention can be better understood with reference to the following
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`drawings. The components in the drawingsare not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being
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`placed uponclearly illustrating the principles of the present invention. Moreover, in the
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`drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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`FIG. | is a schematic diagram providing a prior art example of use of a proxy within a
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`network.
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`FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram providing a prior art example of a peer-to-peerfile transfer
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`network.
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`FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram providing an example of a communication network in
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`accordance with the present invention.
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`FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram furtherillustrating a communication device of the
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`communication network of FIG. 3.
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`FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram furtherillustrating the memory of FIG. 4.
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`FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram furtherillustrating elements of the acceleration application
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`of FIG. 5, as well as communication paths of the acceleration application.
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`FIG. 7 is a chart further illustrating two of the main databasesutilized within the
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`communication network.
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`FIG.8 is a flowchart illustrating operation of the acceleration system initializer module.
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`FIG. 9 is a flowchart further illustrating communication between different elements of the
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`communication network.
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`FIG. 10 is a flowchart continuing the flowchart of FIG. 9 and focused on agent response
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`to the HTTP request.
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`FIG. 11 is a flowchart continuing the flowchart of FIG. 10, which illustrates actions taken
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`upon receipt of the list of peers, or single peer listing, from the agent.
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`FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating steps taken by an agent, client, or peer to determine
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`whether a certain HTTP requestis still valid.
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`FIG. 13 is a flowchart outlining operation of the acceleration server.
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`FIG. 14 is a flowchart further illustrating TCPIP acceleration in accordance with an
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`alternative embodimentof the invention.
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`FIG. 15 is a flowchart further illustrating TCPIP acceleration in accordance with an
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`alternative embodimentof the invention, detailing the communication between the client and the
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`TCPIP server (read and write commands) after the connect phase has completed successfully.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`The present system and method provides for faster and moreefficient data
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`communication within a communication network. An example of such a communication network
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`100 is provided by the schematic diagram of FIG. 3. The network 100 of FIG. 3 contains
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`multiple communication devices. Due to functionality provided by software stored within each
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`communication device, which may be the same in each communication device, each
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`communication device may serve as a client, peer, or agent, depending upon requirements ofthe
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`network 100, as is described in detail herein. It should be noted that a detailed description of a
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`communication device is provided with regard to the description of FIG.4.
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`Returning to FIG, 3, the exemplary embodiment of the network 100 illustrates that one of
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`the communication devices is functioning as a client 102. The client 102 is capable of
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`communication with one or more peers 112, 114, 116 and one or more agents 122. For
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`exemplary purposes, the network contains three peers and one agent, althoughit is noted that a
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`client can communicate with any numberof agents and peers.
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`The communication network 100 also contains a Web server 152. The Web server 152 is
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`the server from whichthe client 102 is requesting information and maybe, for example, a typical
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`HTTPserver, such as those being used to deliver content on any of the many suchservers on the
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`Internet. It should be noted that the server 152 is not limited to being an HTTPserver.In fact, if
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`a different communication protocol is used within the communication network, the server may
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`be a server capable of handling a different protocol. It should also be noted that while the present
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`description refers to the use of HTTP, the present invention mayrelate to any other
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`communication protocol and HTTPis not intended to be a limitation to the present invention.
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`The communication network 100 further contains an acceleration server 162 having an
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`acceleration server storage device 164. As is described in moredetail herein, the acceleration
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`server storage device 164 has contained therein an acceleration server database. The acceleration
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`server database stores Internet protocol (IP) addresses of communication devices within the
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`communication network 100 having acceleration software stored therein. Specifically, the
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`acceleration server database contains stored therein a list of communication devices having
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`acceleration software stored therein that are currently online within the communication network
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`100. For each such agent, the acceleration server assignsalist of IP addresses.
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`In the communication network 100 of FIG. 3, the application in the client 102 is
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`requesting information from the Web server 152, which is why the software within the
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`communication device designated this communication device to work as a client. In addition,
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`since the agent 122 receives the request from the client 102 as the communication device closest
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`to the Web server 152, functionality of the agent 122, as provided by the software of the agent
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`122, designates this communication device to work as an agent. It should be noted, that in
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`accordance with an alternative embodimentofthe invention, the agent need not be the
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`communication device that is closest to the Webserver. Instead, a different communication
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`device may be selected to be the agent.
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`Since the peers 112, 114, 116 contain at least portions of the information sought by the
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`client 102 from the Web server 152, functionality of the peers 112, 114, 116, as provided by the
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`software of the peers 112, 114, 116, designates these communication devices to work as peers.It
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`should be noted that the process of designating clients, agents, and peers is described in detail
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`herein. It should also be noted that the numberofclients, agents, peers, acceleration servers,
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`Webservers, and other components of the communication