Patent ID: 11902353
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system for cross-network communication by self-replicating applications, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor and the at least one memory configured to:
receive, by a second instance of a self-replicating application on a second computing device, from a first instance of the self-replicating application on a first computing device, information related to a proxy tunnel on the first computing device, wherein the first computing device and the second computing device are connected via a first network, and wherein the proxy tunnel is connected to a parent component via a second network;
attempt, by the second instance of the self-replicating application, to communicate directly with the parent component; and
upon determining that the second instance of the self-replicating application cannot communicate directly with the parent component, send, by the second instance of the self-replicating application, a first communication to the proxy tunnel via the first network using the information related to the proxy tunnel, wherein the proxy tunnel sends a second communication to the parent component via the second network based on the first communication.