Techniques to manage a relay server and a network address translator
US8374188B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/2575
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques to manage a relay server and a network address translator are described. A system may include a relay server having a first private network interface operative to communicate with a private client, a second private network interface operative to communicate with a network address translator, and an enhanced relay manager module operative to receive a message from the private client over the first private network interface or a remote client over the second private network interface and through the network address translator, the enhanced relay manager module further operative to retrieve a public transport address and a mapped port for the network address translator from a mapped address attribute stored by the relay server, and send a response to the message with the public transport address and the mapped port to the private client or the remote client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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