Virtual dispersive networking systems and methods

A computerized system comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions;
• a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor, causes the processor to perform operations that:
• identify a network-traffic flow of a computer network including determining application information associated with data to be communicated from a first device to a second device;
• determine an application priority level based on the application information;
• assess a network metric for each one of a set of distinct network routes from the first device to the second device, the network routes being distinct from one another based on the use by each route of a distinct set of one or more deflects;
• based on the determined application priority level, identify a plurality of routes having an assessed network metric within a priority level threshold;
• and
• intelligently load-manage traffic on the plurality of network routes by sending successive packets belonging to the network-traffic flow over different selected routes of the plurality of network routes having an assessed network metric within a priority level threshold by, for each respective packet,
• identifying the set of one or more deflects that corresponds to the respective selected route, and
• effecting communication of the respective packet to a first deflect of the identified set of one or more deflects that corresponds to the respective selected route.