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Method and system for IP address accessibility to server applications

US6216159A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
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8Claims
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Filing dateNov 25, 1997
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2101/604
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Telnet server makes the IP address of a Telnet client accessible to applications by writing the IP address into device associated space initialized when the virtual device at the server is associated with the physical device at the client. Applications retrieve this device IP address using an API, and are thus enabled to do job routing, printer passthru, access control and so forth using TCP/IP networks.

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