Patent · US Expired

Stream server apparatus, program, and NAS device

US7228562B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 2003
Grant dateJun 5, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stream server that includes a first interface for transmitting and receiving packets to and from a client apparatus belonging to a particular network without involvement of a firewall apparatus and for transmitting and receiving packets to and from the client apparatus belonging to a network different from the particular network via the firewall apparatus, a second interface for transmitting and receiving packets to and from the client apparatus belonging to the network different from the particular network without involvement of the firewall apparatus, the second interface being connected to a wide area network and a process module for executing a communication process, via an interface identified in accordance with a network attribute and a type of a communication protocol of the client apparatus and based on the communication protocol, relative to the client apparatus.

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