Patent ID: 7624184

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a first request in a data communications device from a client to access data; providing a second request to access data to a data access device in response to receiving the first request, the second request including a heads up switching protocol which includes additional connection establishment information that enables establishment of a communication connection between the data access device and the client; receiving a first response from the data access device in the data communications device in response to the second request, the first response including a heads up switching protocol; and providing a data transfer approval to the data access device in response to receiving the first response, the data transfer approval authorizing the data access device to establish the communication connection to the client by bypassing the data communications device based on the connection establishment information and to provide a second response to the second request to the client by bypassing the data communications device through the communication connection established by the data access device as a result of the data transfer approval.