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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas F. Pauly, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent Lubet, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 12/5692 (2013.01); H04L 45/08 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 47/803 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for selecting an interface for routing an outbound packet. During operation, the system receives an outbound packet to be routed to a destination address. Next, the system obtains application-layer data associated with the outbound packet, including one or more of a process identifier, an application identifier and a user identifier. The system then selects an interface through which to route the outbound packet based on the application-layer data, and uses the selected interface to route the outbound packet.