Patent ID: 6978304

Claim:
A method of remotely monitoring an exchange of data between a local computer and a remote computer during an Internet session over the Internet, the method comprising the steps of: (a) storing at a local computer an Internet server address and port number of a monitor computer; (b) initiating a first Internet session between the local computer and a remote computer via the Internet; (c) storing at the local computer data associated with the first Internet session; (d) retrieving the Internet server address and port number stored at the local computer; (e) initiating concurrent with the first Internet session a second Internet session between the local computer and the monitor computer at the retrieved Internet server address and port number; (f) transmitting from the monitor computer to the local computer at least one of another Internet server address and another port number; (g) terminating the second Internet session; (h) initiating concurrent with the first Internet session a third Internet session between the local computer and the monitor computer using the other Internet server address and/or the other port number; and (i) transferring from the local computer to the monitor computer via the third Internet session the stored data associated with the first Internet session.