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Embedding management data within HTTP messages

US7756996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2004
Grant dateJul 13, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for embedding messages within HTTP streams, including a gateway communicator, situated within a network gateway computer that communicates with at least one client computer, for receiving management data intended for the at least one client computer from a management server computer that communicates with the network gateway computer, a gateway data embedder situated within the network gateway computer for inserting non-HTTP management data within an HTTP message, and a client data extractor situated within each of the at least one client computer for extracting non-HTTP management data from within an HTTP message. A method and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.

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