Patent ID: 8046830
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for shielding from a network disruption a session established via a first protocol, the method comprising: (a) establishing, via an agent of a client, for an application executing on the client a session via a first protocol over a transport layer network connection between the client and a device, the transport layer network connection associated with a network stack operating on the client, a first portion of the network stack comprises one or more layers of the network stack below a layer of the first protocol, and a second portion of the network stack comprises a layer for the first protocol and one or more layers of the network stack above the first protocol; (b) detecting a disruption in the transport layer network connection causing the first portion of the network stack to be disestablished; (c) maintaining, by the agent transparently to the application, the session of the application and the second portion of the network stack during the disruption; and (d) re-establishing, by the client transparently to the application, the first portion of the network stack and the transport layer network connection while the agent maintains the session of the application and the second portion of the network stack.