US 7,710,978 B2
System and method for traversing a firewall with multimedia communicationGeneral
US 7,710,978 B2
System and method for traversing a firewall with multimedia communication
Tech Center:
00 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Alpus H. Hsu
Art Unit:
2465 Multiplex and VoIP
Inventors:
Christopher S. Signaoff; Tom W. Opsahl; Edward M. Riley, III; Justin S. Signaoff
Assignee:
Priority:
04/13/06
Filed:
04/13/06
Granted:
05/04/10
Expiration:
05/16/27
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for transporting multiport protocol traffic using a single-port protocol. Multiport protocol traffic from a first endpoint is converted into a single-port protocol for transport across a network. The traffic is sent over a commonly-open port and received at a second endpoint before being dispersed to the appropriate ports of the second endpoint. By converting the traffic to a single-port protocol and choosing which commonly open port to communicate the traffic through, firewalls between each endpoint may be traversed without changing any of their settings.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L63/0272H04L