System and method using a client-local proxy-server to access a device having an assigned network address
US8799470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications system includes a mobile computing device having a dynamic address and mobile web server software. A client-local proxy-server has an IP address to which a web client can reliably and consistently establish an internet connection. In response to receiving a request from the web client to access the mobile computing device, the client-local proxy-server acts as an intermediary opening up a communications path between the web client and the assigned address of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device repeatedly registers the current version of its address with the client-local proxy-server. The mobile computing device and proxy-server software require only targeted configuration changes to perform the disclosed intermediary routing operations.
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