Patent ID: 7349948

Claim:
A method for transmitting data information and control information, each containing a source address and a destination address, from a server, having a server address, to a client, having a client address, the method comprising transmitting said control information from said server to said client via a network proxy that has a network proxy address, transmitting said data information from said server to said client so as to bypass said network proxy, translating the destination address of the data information by a network address translator to be the client address, and translating the source address of the data information by said network address translator to be the network proxy address, wherein the steps of transmitting said control information and transmitting said data information are transparent to said server and to said client, such that said server and said client have an impression that both the steps of transmitting said control information and transmitting said data information occur via said network proxy and wherein the steps of translating the destination address of the data information and translating the source address of the data information are controlled by said network proxy.