Patent ID: 6128662
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
For transferring information between a TN3270 client on a Telnet connection and a host on an SNA connection, the host maintaining a parameter table of local-unit parameter sets identified by respective model strings, a communications gateway including circuitry for:A) performing a TN3270 negotiation with the TN3270 client by way of a Telnet connection and thereby obtaining a device-type designation therefrom;B) algorithmically generating a computed model string as a function of the device-type designation;C) associating a given logical-unit process with the TN3270 client;D) by way of the SNA connection, using the computed model string to identify to the host the parameter set in accordance with which the given logical unit is to communicate; andE) transferring information between the host and the TN3270 client by:i) employing the Telnet connection to communicate with the TN3270 client; andii) employing the logical-unit process to communicate with the host by way of the SNA connection.