System and method using a web proxy-server to access a device having an assigned network address
US8819233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/654
- 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 network web proxy-server has a portal web page at 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 network web proxy-server forwards the request to the mobile computing device by opening an indirect or virtual communications link between the web client, the network web proxy-server and the assigned address of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device repeatedly registers the current version of its address with the proxy-server. The mobile computing device, network web proxy-server and web client are commercially available, off-the-shelf components that require only targeted configuration changes to perform the disclosed intermediary forwarding operations.
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