Disclosed is a virtual protocol "interlayer" between two protocol layers in a communications stack. When a communications task needs to be performed, but implementation within the existing protocol layers may hinder deployment due to issues of compatibility, the methods of the present invention are used...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040264503?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040264503 - Method and system for providing a virtual protocol interlayer
