ESTABLISHING A VIRTUAL TUNNEL BETWEEN TWO COMPUTER PROGRAMS

• US 20130067031A1
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Original Assignee: Axeda (PTC Inc.)
• Inventors: Shedrinsky, Felix
• Granted Patent: US 9,002,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A system transfers data via a communication session between a client application and a server application, where the client application runs on a first network and the server application runs on a second network. The system includes a proxy having a socket to the client application. The proxy converts data between a local protocol run on the first network to a non-local protocol. An agent creates a socket to the server application. The agent converts data between a local protocol run on the second network and the non-local protocol. A server is in communication with the proxy and the agent. The server contains a message queue dedicated to the communication session. The message queue stores data transmitted during the communication session.

Claims

1. A method of transferring data via a communication session between a client application and a server application, the method comprising:

assigning an identifier to the communication session;

creating at least one queue associated with the communication session; and

storing data passed between the client application and the server application in the at least one queue, the data being stored using the identifier;

wherein the client application and the server application run local protocols, and the data is passed between the client application and the server application via an intermediary protocol.

2-20. -20. (canceled)