Patent ID: 9077666
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to process message packets, the method comprising the steps of: a control computer node receiving, from a client computer of a first user, a first message packet specifying a first destination address, and in response, the control computer node determining from a table indexed by users that message packets received from the first user should be compressed, and in response to receipt of the first message packet and the table, the control computer node forwarding the first message packet to a compression/decompression computer node, different than a destination computer node at the first destination address, to compress the first message packet; the control computer node subsequently receiving from the compression/decompression computer node a compressed form of the first message packet; the control computer node determining, from the table, that message packets received from the first user should also be encrypted, and in response, the control computer node forwarding the compressed first message packet to an encryption/decryption computer node, different than the destination computer node and the compression/decompression computer node, to encrypt the compressed first message packet; the control computer node subsequently receiving from the encryption/decryption computer node an encrypted form of the compressed first message packet, and in response, the control computer node determining from the table that message packets received from the first user should not be further modified before being sent to the first destination address, and in response, the control computer node forwarding the encrypted, compressed first message packet to the first destination address.