Patent ID: 7219161
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for translating between logical addresses and ports of a first network and a logical address and ports of a second network connected to the first network at an intermediate device, the method comprising the computer-implemented step of: receiving at the intermediate device a first packet from a first device having a first address on the first network; sending a second packet to a second device on the second network in response to receiving the first packet, the second packet including, in a source address field, data indicating a particular address of the intermediate device on the second network; determining whether the first packet includes a first message that registers a first resource on the first device with a protocol server for a particular protocol, the protocol server available at the second device on the second network, wherein: if it is determined that the first packet includes the first message registering the first resource, then