Patent ID: 6233619
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Apparatus which enables a first network application, executing on a first computer system, and a second network application, executing on a second computer system which is directly interconnected and closely coupled to the first computer system, to communicate with each other without affecting the first and second network applications, said first and second computer systems being heterogeneous, said apparatus comprising:an interconnection coupling an input/output (I/O) subsystem of the first computer system to an I/O subsystem of the second computer system and over which data can be transmitted between the first and second computer systems independent of a network interface card; andan interconnection messaging system executing on the first and second computer systems that provides general purpose transport interfaces and that simulates a predetermined transport layer protocol to the first and second network applications whereby said first and second network applications may communicate in a manner which is transparent to the first and second network applications.