Patent ID: 8447865
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a network location to which a source host is communicatively attached, wherein the source host is communicatively coupled to a network via the network location, and wherein the network location is one of one or more network locations that are each configured to communicatively couple at least one host to the network, and wherein the source host comprises a plurality of communications mechanisms; determining whether the source host was previously communicatively attached to the network location; when it is determined, based at least in part on a profile associated with the network location, that the source host was previously communicatively attached to the network location, then determining one of the plurality of communications mechanisms to use to establish a connection between the source host and a destination host via the one of the plurality of communications mechanisms and the network location and the network, wherein the profile comprises counts of successful and failed connections attempted via the network location by various of the plurality of applications; when it is determined, based at least in part on a newly created profile associated with the network location, that the source host was not previously communicatively attached to the network location, determining another of the plurality of communications mechanisms to use to establish the connection between the source host and the destination host via the another of the plurality of communications mechanisms and the network location and the network; and wherein the method is performed by a computer.