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`US 11,272,034 B2
`( 10 ) Patent No .:
`( 45 ) Date of Patent :
`* Mar . 8 , 2022
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`US011272034B2
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`( 54 ) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING
`INTERNET COMMUNICATION BY USING
`INTERMEDIATE NODES
`( 71 ) Applicant : BRIGHT DATA LTD . , Netanya ( IL )
`( 72 ) Inventors : Derry Shribman , Tel Aviv ( IL ) ; Ofer
`Vilenski , Moshav Hadar Am ( IL )
`( 73 ) Assignee : BRIGHT DATA LTD . , Netanya ( IL )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
`( * ) Notice :
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154 ( b ) by 0 days .
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer .
`( 21 ) Appl . No .: 17 / 241,119
`Apr. 27 , 2021
`( 22 ) Filed :
`( 65 )
`Prior Publication Data
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`Primary Examiner Zi Ye
`( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm May Patents Ltd.
`( 57 )
`ABSTRACT
`A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client
`device is disclosed , using tunnel devices serving as inter
`mediate devices . The client device accesses an acceleration
`server to receive a list of available tunnel devices . The
`requested content is partitioned into slices , and the client
`device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel
`devices . The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the
`data server , and send the slices to the client device , where the
`content is reconstructed from the received slices . A client
`device may also serve as a tunnel device , serving as an
`intermediate device to other client devices . Similarly , a
`tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching
`content from a data server . The selection of tunnel devices
`to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration
`server , in the client device , or in both . The partition into
`slices may be overlapping or non - overlapping , and the same
`slice ( or the whole content ) may be fetched via multiple
`tunnel devices .
`27 Claims , 134 Drawing Sheets
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`30
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`32
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`Acceleration Server
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`330
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`Tunnel # 3
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`33b
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`113
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`Tunnel # 2
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`31b
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`31a
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`Client # 1
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`Internet
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`22b
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`Data
`Server
`# 2
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`33a
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`Tunnel # 1
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`Client # 2
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`22a
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`Data
`Server
`# 1
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