Patent ID: 6754713
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
For use in a computer network facilitating communication sessions between network devices, including at least one client, a session wall comprising:(a) a network adapter for attaching the session wall to the network; (b) data memory; (c) a processor connected to said data memory and to said network adapter; and (d) a communication session control system wherein data pertinent to the control of at least one of the communication sessions is stored in said memory, a portion of said at least one session is read by said processor, said processor comparing said portion with a set of access rules stored in said memory, and, when said at least one session is not allowed according to said access rules, issuing a message to at least one of the network devices involved in said at least one session, wherein said message emulates a message using an inter-device communication protocol from a respective server, said message causing said client not to accept further responses from said server during said at least one session.