Patent ID: 6775296
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of communicating between a sending terminal and a receiving terminal via a protocol repeater/converter by establishing a virtual connection between the sending and the receiving terminals, the sending terminal being operable in accordance with a first protocol and the receiving terminal being operable in accordance with a second protocol different from the first protocol, the receiving terminal having a receiver address in accordance with the second protocol, the method comprising:inputting to the sending terminal a logical host address name determined independently of the second protocol; receiving, by the protocol repeater/converter, the logical host address name and generating an index designating a receiver address defined in accordance with the second protocol; recording, in the protocol repeater/converter, a relationship between the receiver address and the index; sending the index back to the sending terminal from the protocol repeater/converter; recording, by the sending terminal, the relationship; and establishing, by the protocol repeater/converter, the virtual connection between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal with reference to the index, wherein: the recording step in the protocol/converter and the recording step in the sending terminal each further comprises: recording the logical host address name together with the receiver address and the index as the relationship in a form of a table which has a plurality of lines; and designating one line of the table specified by the index.