Patent ID: 6360247
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
An information processing system which starts an application to communicate with another information processing system by using a communication interface connected to a communication line, comprising:a pseudo communication interface and a pseudo communication manager, wherein said pseudo communication manager, upon receipt of a communication request from said pseudo communication interface, causes said communication interface to make a connection between said information processing system and said another information processing system, obtains an identification of said communication line used for the connection between said information processing system and said another information processing system from said communication interface, reports said identification of said communication line to said pseudo communication interface, and reports an identification of a pseudo communication line to a pseudo communication interface and to said application, wherein said pseudo communication interface, in response to a communication request from said application to said another information processing system, reports said request to said pseudo communication manager to obtain said identification of said communication line and said identification of said pseudo communication line from said pseudo communication manager, wherein when data is transmitted from said application, said pseudo communication interface changes said identification of said pseudo communication line which has been attached to said data to said identification of said communication line obtained from said pseudo communication manager, and transmits said data to said communication interface, and wherein when data from said another information processing system is transmitted from said communication interface, said pseudo communication interface changes said identification of said communication line attached to said data to said identification of said pseudo communication line obtained from said pseudo communication manager, and transmits said data to said application.