Patent ID: 7849305
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a sharing of data between a plurality of client units and a corporate server located on a wide area network, the method comprising the steps of: authenticating a client unit connected to said network with a central management server connected to said network, the authenticating comprising the providing of an identification of the client unit to the central management server over said wide area network; providing from the client unit to the central management server over said wide area network an identification of a corporate server to which the client unit wishes to communicate; providing from the central management server to the client unit an address on the network of the location of a secure bridging unit using at least the identification of the client unit, said secure bridging unit having a location on said network different from said corporate server and being available to forward traffic to said corporate server; providing a message to communicate to the secure bridging unit from the client unit over said wide area network, said message comprising said identification of the corporate server to which said client unit wishes to communicate and data to provide to said corporate server; if said message to communicate with the secure bridging unit is accepted by said secure bridging unit, transferring at least one part of said message to said corporate server over said wide area network; whereby the use of the central management server and the secure bridging unit enables a control of the communication between the client unit and the corporate server.