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COST REDUCTION OF NAT CONNECTION STATE KEEP-ALIVE

  • US 20110286373A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2011
  • Published: 11/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system that facilitates connection management, comprising:

  • a boundary component that maintains a connection between a private client of an internal network and an external network, the boundary component includes a processor that executes instructions stored in memory; and

    a network component of the external network that sends a keep-alive packet to the boundary component, the boundary component maintains the connection to the private client based on the keep-alive packet, the keep-alive packet configured to self-destruct before reaching the private client.

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