Granted Patent B2

US 8,850,029 · App. 12/031,488 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, that, when executed, causes a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a connection request from an application, at a proxy, wherein the connection request is associated with exchanging data;

setting a rank for the application to a default rank, in response to a determination that the connection request is a first request from the application;

increasing the rank, after each reception of a number of connection requests from the application over a first predetermined time period;

identifying whether the application is a peer-to-peer application at least based on the rank;

determining a priority of a connection of the connection request, at the proxy, at least based on whether the application is the peer-to-peer application;

attempting the connection, at the proxy, in an order at least based on the priority of the connection;

calculating a timeout value for the connection inversely proportionate to the rank, wherein the timeout value is utilized for determining a time period in which the connection is to be attempted; and

decreasing the rank, if a second predetermined time period has elapsed.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

determining whether the second predetermined time period has elapsed.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

determining whether the connection request is the first request from the application.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the timeout value is at least based on a logarithm of the rank of the application.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein, if the application is not the peer-to-peer application, the priority of the connection is increased.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

alerting a device on which peer-to-peer behavior is originating, based on the ranking exceeding a threshold value.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

terminating an attempt to make the connection, in response to the time period ending.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the rank is only decreased until the rank equals the default rank.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving a connection request from an application, at a proxy that includes a processor and a memory and that is configured to exchange electronic packets in a network environment, wherein the connection request is associated with exchanging data;

setting a rank for the application to a default rank, in response to a determination that the connection request is a first request from the application;

increasing the rank, after each reception of a number of connection requests from the application over a first predetermined time period;

identifying whether the application is a peer-to-peer application at least based on the rank;

determining a priority of a connection of the connection request, at the proxy, at least based on whether the application is the peer-to-peer application;

attempting the connection, at the proxy, in an order at least based on the priority of the connection;

calculating a timeout value for the connection inversely proportionate to the rank, wherein the timeout value is utilized for determining a time period in which the connection is to be attempted; and

decreasing the rank, if a second predetermined time period has elapsed.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the timeout value is at least based on a logarithm of the rank.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein, if the application is not the peer-to-peer application, the priority of the connection is increased.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

alerting a device on which peer-to-peer behavior is originating, based on the ranking exceeding a threshold value.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

terminating an attempt to make the connection, in response to the time period ending.

14. A system, comprising:

a gateway device configured:

to receive a connection request from an application, wherein the connection request is associated with exchanging data,

to set a rank for the application to a default rank, in response to a determination that the connection request is a first request from the application,

to increase the rank, after each reception of a number of connection requests from the application over a first predetermined time period,

to identify whether the application is a peer-to-peer application at least based on the rank,

to determine a priority of a connection of the connection request at least based on whether the application is the peer-to-peer application,

to attempt the connection in an order at least based on the priority of the connection,

to calculate a timeout value for the connection inversely proportionate to the rank, wherein the timeout value is utilized for determining a time period in which the connection is to be attempted, and

to decrease the rank, if a second predetermined time period has elapsed.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device runs the application.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the timeout value is at least based on a logarithm of the rank.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein, if the application is not the peer-to-peer application, the priority of the connection is increased.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein a device on which peer-to-peer behavior is originating is alerted, based on the ranking exceeding a threshold value.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the gateway device terminates an attempt to make the connection, in response to the time period ending.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the rank is only decreased until the rank equals the default rank.

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