Patent ID: 9106479
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a communication between at least one client and an array of at least one server on a network, comprising: employing layer four switching to receive from a client device a synchronization (SYN) packet requesting an initiation of a communication connection, the initiation being used in performing a first protocol handshake with a first client device that is the client device; when it is determined that a resource threshold is exceeded, then changing to use layer seven processing to perform actions, including: when the establishment of the connection is initiated at layer seven, transitioning from layer seven processing to layer four processing to communicate data packets used for at least a connection initiate handshake protocol and a connection terminate handshake protocol, or other data packets used for more than just establishing connections between the client device and the at least one server using the established connections, wherein layer four and seven are layers within the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol stack.