Patent ID: 6308281
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a computing environment capable of having a connection to a network, computer readable code embodied on computer readable media and readable by a computer system in said environment, for maintaining a virtual connection between a client and a gateway across multiple physical connections, comprising:a subprocess for establishing a first physical connection from said client to said gateway using a first of at least one available connection media and a first of at least one available connection devices;a subprocess for establishing a second physical connection from said client to said gateway using a second of said connection media and a second of said connection devices, wherein at least one of said second medium and said second connection device is different from said first medium and said first connection device; anda subprocess for maintaining a logical connection between said client and said gateway, wherein said logical connection is initially supported by said first physical connection and then by said second physical connection.