Patent ID: 8463935

Claim:
A system for prioritizing communication in a shared bandwidth communication network comprising: an interface coupled to one or more clients via the shared bandwidth communication network, the interface configured to receive requests from the one or more clients for response by one or more network destinations and to forward responses to the one or more clients via the shared bandwidth communication network so that they are received at a first rate and order; and a front end interposed between the interface and the one or more network destinations, the front end configured to receive the responses and forward the responses to the interface in accordance with a second rate and order, whereby the clients receive the responses at a rate and order controlled by the front end rather than the interface, wherein the front end is communicatively coupled to the one or more network destinations via an enhanced bandwidth network that has a first network protocol different from a second network protocol of the shared bandwidth communication network, the front end is further configured to convert the responses from the first network protocol to the second network protocol.