Patent ID: 8667153
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: mapping, by a first computing device, a virtual network address for a virtual resource that is accessible to the first computing device to an address of a designated resource that is inaccessible to the first computing device but accessible to a remote second computing device; generating a resource message for the virtual resource using a resource driver for the designated resource, wherein the resource message is formatted in a format readable by the designated resource; attaching the resource message to a control message, wherein the control message, when acted upon by the second computing device, causes the second computing device to transmit the resource message to the designated resource; sending the control message from the first computing device that comprises the resource driver for the designated resource to the second computing device that lacks the resource driver for the designated resource, wherein the control message causes the second computing device to send the resource message to the designated resource without having the resource driver for the designated resource; and translating the resource message from the virtual network address of the virtual resource to the address of the designated resource using the mapping when the control message lacks an address of the designated resource.