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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
John Holmes, Redmond, WA (US);
David Michael Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Walter Vonkoch, Seattle, WA (US);
John Holmes, Redmond, WA (US);
David Michael Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Walter VonKoch, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method involves creating a master session over a first connection through a server; and creating a virtual channel over the connection, the virtual channel operable to communicate a feature session. The method may involve establishing a direct connection that bypasses the server, and switching communication of the feature session to the direct connection. A system for network communication includes a plurality of transport bridges, each transport bridge corresponding to an active network device configuration, and a switching module operable to choose one of the transport bridges to form a connection between two computing devices based on the active network device configuration.