Patent ID: 11943326
Assignee: CONNECTIFY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A virtual private network (VPN) server comprising: a processor configured to
establish a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a client device and the VPN server;
monitor communication over the TCP connection between the client device and the VPN server to identify one or more connection parameters;
establish a second connection between the client device and the VPN server when the one or more connection parameters indicate a slowing data rate of the TCP connection below a threshold and below a previously measured data rate;
bond the TCP connection and the second connection to permit data packets associated with an application used by the client device to be split between the TCP connection and the second connection; and
forward a portion of the data packets associated with the application to the client device over the TCP connection and concurrently forward a remaining portion of the data packets associated with the application over the second connection.