Patent ID: 6597704
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of translating a message from a first transmission protocol to a transmission control protocol (TCP), the message having message data, the method comprising:receiving the message from a first network using the first protocol; calculating the length of the received message data; appending a length datum to the message data to produce a revised message, the length datum indicating the calculated length of the message data; translating the revised message from the first protocol to the TCP to make a translated message; creating, as part of the translating, a header selected from the group consisting of: a null header, a short header, and a long header, such that if the null header is used the translated message consists of just a client message, if the short header is used, the translated message consists of a message length and a client message, and if the long header is used, the translated message comprises a M flag, a message length, and a client message; and directing the translated message to a second network using the second protocol for mission in the second protocol.