Patent ID: 7761607
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions executable upon a computing device capable of supporting network communications via multiple differing communication modes, comprising an application program comprising: a set of user interface elements facilitating designating a communication mode through which communications originating from the application program pass; and an interface to a transport layer component for: wherein binding the network interface using the strong host model comprises restricting communications with the endpoint to only be routed through the transport layer and the network interface for a designated period, wherein the endpoint corresponds to a connection established on behalf of the application program and identifies communications associated with the connection, wherein initiating binding comprises creating a routing table entry, corresponding to the connection, identifying the endpoint and a network address corresponding to the network interface, and wherein passing transmission requests to the network interface identifying the endpoint comprises: