Patent ID: 9456033
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to: forward, at a first network device on a first communication path between a first network node and a second network node, a data traffic from (i) a first client communicatively coupled with the first network node toward (ii) a second client communicatively coupled with the second network node; determine, at the first network device, whether the data traffic is eligible for peer-to-peer forwarding between the first network node and the second network node; in response to a determination that the data traffic is eligible for peer-to-peer forwarding, instruct at least one of the first network node and the second network node to establish a second communication path that does not include the first network device, for transmitting the data traffic between the first network node and the second network node; and in response to a determination that the data traffic is not eligible for peer-to-peer forwarding, continue to forward the network traffic through the first communication path.