Patent ID: 8195823
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A client computer comprising: one or more processors; one or more storage devices; a network interface for communicating across one or more communication links; said client computer configured to generate one or more data packets of a first type for transmission via said network interface; and a downloaded front-end mechanism stored on the one or more storage devices and executable by the one or more processors to provide a managed communication link for data traffic between the network interface and a back-end mechanism remote from the client, the front-end mechanism comprising: whereby said one or more data packets of said first type which are routed to said encoder and encoded into said enhanced type are transmitted via said managed communication link and whereby said one or more data packets of said first type which are not routed to said encoder are not transmitted via said managed communication link.