Patent ID: 6970934
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a local area network, said local area network including a remote entity; and a trusted arbitrator, coupled to the access control mechanism and to the remote entity via a wide area network, to receive a first request which is sent by the remote entity across the wide area network and being directed at least in part to the local entity on the local area network, wherein the connection entity regularly polls the trusted arbitrator via the access control mechanism across the wide area network to determine whether any requests directed to devices on the local area network are pending in the trusted arbitrator, the trusted arbitrator sends a first response via the wide area network to the connection entity on the local area network, the first response including the first request from the remote entity and being in response to polling by the connection entity, and the connection entity forwards at least a portion of the first request to the local entity.