DIRECT MAP PROXY SYSTEM AND PROTOCOL

• US 20150052258A1
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Weaved, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Weaved, Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, Michael W., Koyama, Ryo, Smith, Michael J.S.
• Application Number:
  US14/499,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052258A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a detailed description of techniques used in methods, systems, and computer program products for a direct map proxy system and protocol. The claimed embodiments address the problem of flexibly and efficiently mapping to a large number of devices connected to the Internet using domain names. More specifically, some claims are directed to approaches for receiving from a user device a first domain name, mapping it to a different second domain name associated with a target device, and using the second domain name to initiate and establish a connection between the user device and target device, which claims advance the technical fields for addressing the problem of flexibly and efficiently mapping to a large number of devices connected to the Internet using domain names, as well as advancing peripheral technical fields.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a system comprising a plurality of user devices and a plurality of target devices, the method comprising:

receiving from a set of one or more user devices a first URL comprising a first top level domain, a first domain name, and a first plurality of subdomains;

mapping the first URL to a second URL comprising a second top level domain, a second domain name, and a second plurality of subdomains, wherein the second URL is associated with a set of one or more target devices and the second URL is different than the first URL; and

creating a connection between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices, wherein the connection enables the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices to exchange information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first URL comprises a randomly generated portion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first URL is a secure password.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one target device is a virtual device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection includes one or more proxy servers between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein an existing connection is used in creating the connection.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a unique domain name associated with the connection.

8. A computer program product, embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a process within a system comprising a plurality of user devices and a plurality of target devices, the process comprising:

receiving from a set of one or more user devices a first URL comprising a first top level domain, a first domain name, and a first plurality of subdomains;

mapping the first URL to a second URL comprising a second top level domain, a second domain name, and a second plurality of subdomains, wherein the second URL is associated with a set of one or more target devices and the second URL is different than the first URL; and

creating a connection between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices, wherein the connection enables the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices to exchange information.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first URL comprises a randomly generated portion.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first URL is a secure password.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein at least one target device is a virtual device.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the connection includes one or more proxy servers between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein an existing connection is used in creating the connection.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, the process further comprising instructions for generating a unique domain name associated with the connection.

15. A system supporting a plurality of user devices and a plurality of target devices comprising:

a communications processing module to receive from a set of one or more user devices a first URL comprising a first top level domain, a first domain name, and a first plurality of subdomains;

a domain name mapping module to map the first URL to a second URL comprising a second top level domain, a second domain name, and a second plurality of subdomains, wherein the second URL is associated with a set of one or more target devices and the second URL is different than the first URL; and

a connection service server to create a connection between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices, wherein the connection enables the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices to exchange information.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first URL comprises a randomly generated portion.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a secure password.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein at least one target device is a virtual device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the connection includes one or more proxy servers between the set of one or more user devices and the set of one or more target devices.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the connection service server generates a unique domain name associated with the connection.