System and method for accessing host computer via remote computer
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Abstract
In a peer-to-peer fashion, various host computers communicate with various remote computers using the Internet so that user inputs from the remote computers are transferred to the host computers as if the user inputs occurred locally, and information generated by the host computers is displayed on the remote computers. Thus, a remote computer is able to access all of the information and application programs on the host computer.
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3. A method of enabling communication between a host and a remote using a controller, comprising:
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connecting to the host and the remote, the host and remote being in separate locations, validating digital identity certificates received from each of the host and the remote, each identity certificate containing (i) the public half of an asymmetric key algorithm key pair, (ii) identity information, and (iii) a digital signature of the issuing certificate authority, receiving a selection of the host from the validated remote, sending parameters for the validated remote to the validated host, and receiving notifications from the validated host and the validated remote that a connection exists therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of enabling communication between a host and a remote using a controller, comprising:
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connecting to a remote, notifying all hosts that the remote is authorized to communicate with that there is a possible connection request from the remote, receiving a selection of a host from the remote, sending parameters for the remote to the selected host, and receiving notifications from the selected host and the remote that a connection exists therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of enabling a remote to communicate with a host, comprising:
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connecting to a controller, sending a selection of a host to the controller, responding to a connection request from the host that was sent in response to a message from the controller, sending input to the host, and receiving screen display output from the host. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of enabling a host to communicate with a remote, comprising:
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connecting to a controller, receiving, from the controller, parameters relating to a remote that requested communication with the host, sending a connection request to the remote using the received parameters, receiving, from the remote, input to the host, and sending, to the remote, screen display output from the host. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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