Patent ID: 6058425
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of accessing a single server application executing on a processing system having multiple TCP/IP instances and wherein the single server application is accessed through a first TCP/IP instance of the multiple TCP/IP instances, the method comprising:establishing a registration repository containing information sufficient to identify to both the single server application and a client application seeking to access the single server application, the first TCP/IP instance through which the single server application may be accessed by client applications and wherein the registration repository is accessible by the multiple TCP/IP instances and the single server application; andproviding registration repository information to at least one of the single server application and the client application so as to allow direct communications between the single server application and the client application utilizing the first TCP/IP instance through which the single server application may be accessed and wherein the registration repository information is provided to the client application utilizing a second TCP/IP instance different from the first TCP/IP insurance.