Synthetic bridging for networks

US7730200B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Ted Beers · Corvallis, US
• Mark E. Gorzynski · Corvallis, US
• William C. Wickes · Corvallis, US
• Jon A. Brewster · Monmouth, US
• Garrett Daniel Gargan · Corvallis, US
• Jeffrey Thielman · Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES
• Scott Grasley · Corvallis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/56
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of creating a synthetic bridge (100) has select data (406) logically extracted from an application layer of a first network (12A) which contains one or more first data streams to be transported to a second network (12B). Select data (406) is logically extracted from an application layer of the second network (12B). Select data (406) is logically extracted from an application layer of the second network (12B) which contains one or more second data streams to be transported to the first network (12A). The two or more first and second data streams are transported over separate sets of non-network media link interfaces (130-133) that only allow for limited information encoding and inherently prevent any network protocol information from being passed with the two or more first and second data streams until after the two or more first and second data streams are in the control of the opposite network from which they were transported.