Patent ID: 7143142
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: an appliance host device for negotiating one or more access terms on behalf of a client device of a local network to access a network-based application stored upon the appliance host device, wherein usage of the network-based application is to be leased from a remote application server other than the client device and the appliance host device over an external network, wherein the appliance host device interfaces the client device of the local network with the remote application server of the external network, and wherein the remote application server also provides services to other clients of the external network other than the appliance host device; and enabling access by the client device over the local network to the network-based application for execution by the appliance host device based upon the negotiated one or more access terms in response to a request by the client device.