Patent ID: 7346695
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A server for enabling persistent communication with at least one client over a network, the server performing actions, comprising: in response to receiving an application level protocol request for a resource from the client, enabling the server to communicate an application level protocol command to the client, wherein the server includes information in the command for identifying the client; providing the application level protocol command to a network transmission device employs information for identifying the client included with the application level protocol command to map communication between the client and the server and communicate the command to the client; enabling the server to include the information for identifying the client in each subsequent application level protocol command communicated in response to each subsequent application level protocol request for the resource from the client; and enabling a network transmission device to provide each subsequent application level command from the server to the client based at least in part on information for identifying the client that is included with each subsequent application level protocol command.