Patent ID: 7929541

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a first information processor; a second information processor; a first communication control unit coupled to a network for relaying communication between the first information processor and the network; a server coupled to the network; and a second communication control unit coupled to the network for relaying communication between the second information processor and the network, the first information processor includes: a bubble packet transmitter transmitting a bubble packet from a bubble packet transmitting port to the second communication control unit via the first communication control unit; and a range detection packet transmitter transmitting a range detection packet to the server via the first communication control unit on a first detection port before transmitting the bubble packet and on a second detection port after transmitting the bubble packet; the server includes: a port range detector which receives the range detection packet from the first communication control unit and detects a range of ports in between the first detection port and second detection port, the range of ports including the bubble packet transmitting port.