Patent ID: 9467483
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: establishing a first push channel on a first application server for connecting a first client to the first application server; establishing a first messaging channel on the first application server, wherein the first messaging channel communicates with the first push channel, the first push channel and the first messaging channel to form a first session corresponding to the first client; establishing a second push channel on a second application server for connecting a second client to the second application server, wherein the first and second application servers communicate on a communication network; establishing a second messaging channel on the second application server, wherein the second messaging channel communicates with the second push channel, the second push channel and the second messaging channel to form a second session corresponding to the second client; and exchanging messages between the first messaging channel and the second messaging channel to form a connection between the first client and the second client; wherein the first and second push channels implement a WebSocket protocol to establish a bi-directional communication between the first and second clients and first and second application servers, respectively; wherein the at least one of the establishing the first push channel, the establishing the first messaging channel, the establishing the second push channel, the establishing the second messaging channel, and the exchanging is performed on at least one processor.