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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Solarwinds Worldwide, Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SOLARWINDS WORLDWIDE, LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/26 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01); H04L 45/124 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes detecting a first path between a user equipment and a first network entity. The method also include detecting a second path between the user equipment and a second network entity, where the first path is longer than the second path. In addition, the method includes determining whether the second network entity is a proxy server located between the user equipment and the first network entity based on an estimated value of the first path and an estimated value of the second path.