Patent ID: 9589284
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: observing, by an insertion server running within a firewall device of a private Internet Protocol (IP) network, a content request of an application protocol by monitoring or proxying a plurality of transport communication protocol connections established through the firewall device, wherein the content request is (i) originated by a client device coupled to the private IP network, (ii) directed to a destination device coupled to the private IP network and (iii) associated with a transport communication protocol connection of the plurality of transport communication protocol connections; negating the content request, by the insertion server, by causing a canceling message of the transport communication protocol to be sent to the destination device; causing, by the insertion server, unsolicited content to be selected for delivery to the client device; and sending, by the insertion server, the selected unsolicited content to the client device via the application protocol.