Patent ID: 7302481
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a proxy site coupled to a protected site and to a responder site via a communications network, a method for processing event data from the protected site for access by the responder site, the method comprising the steps of: establishing an event connection between the proxy site and the protected site, the event connection initiated from the protected site in response to an event occurring in the protected site; receiving, over the event connection, event data associated with an event tracker device operating within the protected site; processing the event data for access by the responder site; establishing a responder connection between the proxy site and the responder site, the responder connection initiated from the responder site; receiving, over the responder connection, an event data request associated with the protected site; and providing the event data, received from the protected site over the event connection, to the responder site over the responder connection, in response to the event data request, wherein direct communication between the protected site and the responder site is blocked by the proxy site.