Patent ID: 8656477
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A server system, comprising: a firewall; a first server for connecting with a client apparatus via said firewall; and a second server for connecting with said client apparatus without passing through said firewall, said second server including a plurality of operation functional modules, and each operation functional module executing a respective application program individually, wherein said first server assigns a respective unique combination of a global address and a port to each of said operation functional modules, said first server communicates with said client apparatus via said firewall and transmits communication information, including at least one of the unique combinations, to said client apparatus, and said client apparatus communicates with said second server without passing through the firewall via one of the plurality of operation functional modules assigned with the at least one of the unique combinations of global address and port contained in the communication information, such that the client apparatus communicates with the one of the plurality of operation functional modules and the respective application program executing thereon based on a communication protocol different from a communication protocol with said first server by using said communication information received from said first server.