Patent ID: 8473620

Claim:
A method of facilitating a split-terminated client-server communication connection between a client and a server, wherein the server operates in a virtual cloud computing environment, the method comprising: at a first network intermediary located in a path of communication between the client and the server: receiving from the client a request for the client-server connection; transmitting a request for the client-server connection toward the server; and terminating the client-server communication connection at the first network intermediary; at the server: receiving the request for the client-server connection; and without having responded to the request, redirecting the request for the client-server connection to a second network intermediary that is not in the path of communication between the client and the server; and at the second network intermediary: establishing an intermediary communication connection with the first network intermediary if the intermediary communication connection does not exist; and terminating the client-server communication connection at the second network intermediary.