Relay server and client terminal
US8010598B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/51
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A relay server is connected to a LAN and communicable with a relay server of another LAN. The relay server includes an account information registering unit arranged to store account information including information of a client terminal connected to the same LAN; a relay group information registering unit arranged to store relay group information including information of a group of relay servers permitting connection with one another; a shared resource information registering unit arranged to store shared resource information including information of a resource and information of the client terminals sharing the resource; a relay processing unit arranged to, when accepting from the client terminal stored in the account information registering unit operation instruction on a resource operable by a client terminal connected to another LAN based on the shared resource information, relay the operation of the resource based on the relay group information; and a resource information providing unit arranged to, when accepting an access based on a predetermined protocol from an external client terminal, convert the shared resource information to a format of the predetermined protocol and p…
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