Patent ID: 9325764
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for remote communication, comprising: receiving a first indication that a connection is established between a local communication proxy module and a remote communication proxy module; based on the first indication, making a determination to use a second transmission protocol with the remote communication proxy module, wherein the second transmission protocol is an accelerated protocol; receiving, at the local communication proxy module, a first stream from a local communication application module using a first transmission protocol, wherein the local communication proxy module and the local communication application module are executing on a first computer, wherein the remote communication proxy module is executing on a second computer that is accessible via a network from the first computer; and sending, using the second transmission protocol, the first stream over the network to the remote communication proxy module, wherein the local communication proxy module is configured to: conceal characteristics of the network from the local communication application module, and operate transparently to the local communication application module.