Patent ID: 8739244

Claim:
A method of accessing multiple network traffic optimization systems, the method comprising: configuring a first network traffic optimization system to intercept and optimize first network traffic, wherein optimizing the first network traffic produces first optimized network traffic, and wherein the first network traffic optimization system includes multiple wide-area network (WAN) optimization devices for optimizing the first network traffic; receiving authentication information from a configuration portal, wherein the authentication information is required to access a second network traffic optimization system that includes a content delivery network, wherein the content delivery network includes multiple edge devices; providing the authentication information to the second network traffic optimization system, wherein providing the authentication information comprises: associating an authentication token with the first optimized network traffic, and communicating the authentication token and the first optimized network traffic to the second network traffic optimization system, wherein communicating the authentication token and the first optimized network traffic includes encapsulating a first message of the first optimized network traffic with the authentication token in a combined message; and configuring the second network traffic optimization system to further optimize the first optimized network traffic that is received from the first network traffic optimization system.