Patent ID: 7649876

Claim:
An information processing system, comprising: a first computing device comprising: means for receiving a first information packet from a second computing device via a first local-area network that connects at least the first computing device and the second computing device, the second computing device configured to transmit the first information packet in response to receiving a request packet from a client, the request packet received by the second computing device via a computer network, a first router, and a second local-area network configured to bypass the first local-area network and connect at least the first router to the second computing device; and means for outputting a second information packet to the client via the computer network, such that the second information packet bypasses the second computing device but appears to the client to have originated from the second computing device; wherein the first information packet includes at least the request packet and a reference to a data structure representative of a connection with the client, the data structure including at least an address of the first computing device, an address of the second computing device, and an address of the client.