I2telecom IP Holdings, Inc.

Hipcricket, Inc.

Upland Software, Inc.

Upland Software Iii, LLC

Fabrizio Talucci

John M Cooney

Awais Ali

Charlie Zimmerman

Systems and methods to bind a client with a server are provided. A particular method includes establishing a connection between a server and a client. A list of best-fit server IP addresses is received at the client via the connection. A determination is made whether the server is identified in the list of best-fit server IP addresses. When the server is not identified in the list of best-fit server IP addresses, the connection to the server is terminated.

System and method of binding a client to a server

Means for sharing an IP address between a first and second network device, the first device having an assigned IP address and the second network device having one or more port numbers reserved for use solely by the second network device. The second network device is connected serially between the first network device and an Internet access device. The second network device creates packets using the IP address and one of the one or more reserved port numbers and sends the packets to the Internet access device.

System and method for sharing an IP address

A system and method of binding a client with a server. Embodiments of the present invention allow a client to receive and maintain a set of 'best-fit' server IP addresses. The best fit server IP addresses establish a hierarchy of server addresses that are used by a client to maintain a binding with a server without using the DNS. Communicating the set of best-fit server IP addresses to a specific client is accomplished using extensions to one or more network protocols already used to support client/server communications, thus minimizing the amount of code needed to support the additional information transfer.

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Fabrizio Talucci