Patent ID: 9426076
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A middlebox, comprising: a network monitor module configured to determine a quality-affective factor comprising a throughput in an existing connection between a client and a server in a network; a processor configured to compare the quality-affective factor to a threshold to determine whether the connection would benefit from a network processing function; and a network control module configured to reconfigure the network to redirect the connection to or away from a middlebox that performs the network processing function in accordance with the determination of whether the connection would benefit from the network processing function, including configuring a router to exclude the middlebox from the connection if the connection would not benefit and a middlebox is already present in the connection to cease operation of the middlebox on the connection, wherein reconfiguration is delayed until the connection is idle.