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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Stephen J. Perkins, Dallas, TX (US);
Alan Gatherer, Richardson, TX (US);
Krishnasamy Anandakumar, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan V. McCree, Ellicott City, MO (US);
Vishu R. Viswanathan, Plano, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one form of invention a process of operating a host computer coupled to a communications network including: determining whether a diversity flag is set, when a communications connection is requested; sending a request from the host computer to a proxy identification list server in a communications network for proxy pair identification information, when the diversity flag is set; receiving in the host computer the proxy pair identification information from the proxy identification list server in response to the host request; and wherein the sending includes communicating from the host computer to a destination computer though a first communication path that includes a first proxy device and though a second communication path, separate from the first communication path, that includes the second proxy device.