Patent ID: 9485233
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions executable to perform a method, the method comprising: when a first connection between a client device and a server using a first transport layer protocol is established, receiving a request, from the client device, to initiate a second connection between the client device and the server using a second transport layer protocol different from the first transport layer protocol; in response to the request, facilitating a validation of the client device by forwarding a token received from the client device to the server; receiving, from the server, an indication that the client device has been properly validated; establishing the second connection between the client device and the server using the second transport layer protocol, based on the indication that the client device has been properly validated, wherein the first connection and the second connection are concurrently active when the second connection is established; and after the second connection is established, closing the first connection while maintaining the second connection, wherein the second transport layer protocol is UDP Plus.