Patent ID: 8280985
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing access to a peer server protected by a firewall, the method comprising: receiving from a requestor, at a proxy server, a URL request that identifies the peer server; accessing a server table having a plurality of peer names and socket information associated with each peer name of the plurality of peer names to determine if the peer server is registered with the proxy server; creating a peer request packet based on the URL request; passing the peer request packet to a peer manager associated with the proxy server where the peer manager finds a socket connection to the peer server; passing the peer request packet to the peer server; receiving a response at the proxy server including a peer response packet from the peer server, wherein the peer response packet includes: converting the response into a URL request response at the proxy server; caching data from the response at the proxy server; and sending the URL request response to the requestor.