Patent ID: 9628542
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method of data delivery, comprising: at a server executing on a hardware platform: receiving, from a client and over a persistent connection, an HTTP request that identifies a content object, the HTTP request including an HTTP request header that includes an indication that the client desires to use a UDP connection for transfer of a body of the response to the HTTP request, together with any preference about UDP delivery desired by the client; returning to the client a response to the HTTP request that includes a header and a response body, the header including a security token and identifying an IP address and UDP port number associated with the server, the response body being devoid of the content object requested; receiving from the client a UDP request directed to the IP address and UDP port number, the UDP request including the security token; and returning a response to the UDP request over the UDP connection that includes the content object that was identified in the HTTP request but not returned in the response body.