System and Method For Machines to Communicate over the Internet

• US 20150134726A1
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eric P. Vance
• Original Assignee: Eric P. Vance
• Inventors: Vance, Eric P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,164,857 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system comprising a plurality of client machines in communication with a server machine over the internet. Each client machine comprises a Client Ping Plus Software Module (Client PPSM). The Client PPSM comprises code to send a Ping Plus Request having an unique identifier corresponding to the client machine. The server machine comprises a Server Ping Plus Software Module (Server PPSM) and an Unique Identifier Database. The Server PPSM comprises first code to receive the Ping Plus Request from the client machine and second code to determine if the unique identifier is in the Database. The Server PPSM comprises third code to hold the Ping Plus Request if the unique identifier is not in the Database. The Server PPSM comprises fourth code to create a Ping Plus Response if the unique identifier is in the Database and fifth code to send the Ping Plus Response to the client machine.

Claims

1. A system for communication over the internet comprising:

a first machine in communication with the internet;

a second machine in communication with said first machine over the internet;

said first machine comprising a central processing unit, a storage device, and a Client Ping Plus Software Module;

said Client Ping Plus Software Module comprising a first set of code adapted to create a Ping Plus Request;

said Ping Plus Request comprising an unique identifier and a time out period T1;

said Client Ping Plus Software Module comprising a second set of code adapted to send said Ping Plus Request to said second machine;

said second machine comprising a central processing unit, a storage device, a Server Ping Plus Software Module, and an Unique Identifier Database;

said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprising a first set of code adapted to receive said Ping Plus Request from said first machine;

said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprising a second set of code adapted to determine whether said unique identifier of said Ping Plus Request is in said Unique Identifier Database;

said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprising a third set of code adapted to hold said Ping Plus Request a period of time H1 if said unique identifier is not in said Unique Identifier Database;

said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprising a fourth set of code adapted to create a Ping Plus Response for said first machine if said unique identifier of said Ping Plus Request is in said Unique Identifier Data Base;

said Ping Plus Response comprising a command for said first machine; and

said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprising a fifth set of code adapted to send said Ping Plus Response to said first machine.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprises a sixth set of code adapted to determine whether said time out period T1 of said Ping Plus Request has expired.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprises an seventh set of code adapted to drop said Ping Plus Request if said time out period T1 has expired.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprises an eighth set of code adapted to receive and store an unique identifier in said Unique Identifier Database identical to said unique identifier of said Ping Plug Request.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprises a ninth set of code adapted to create said Ping Plus Response.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module comprises an tenth set of code adapted to delete said unique identifier from said Unique Identifier Database after said Ping Plus Response is sent to said first machine.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said Client Ping Plus Software Module comprises a third set of code adapted to receive said Ping Plus Response from said second machine.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said first machine is a client machine and said second machine is a server machine.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said time out period T1 of said Ping Plus Request is three minutes and said hold time period T1 of said server machine is thirty seconds.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said Unique Identifier Database is stored on said storage device of said server machine.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said Server Ping Plus Software Module is stored on said storage device of said server machine and said Client Ping Plus Software Module is stored on said storage device of said server machine.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said command comprises a command for said client machine to open a communication port with said server machine.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said unique identifier of said Ping Plus Request comprises a MAC address corresponding to said client machine.

14. A method for one or more client machines to communicate with a server machine over the internet, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing an Unique Identifier Data Base accessible by the server machine;

(b) storing a Ping Plus Request having an unique identifier on the client machine;

(c) sending the Ping Plus Request to the server machine;

(d) receiving by the server machine of the Ping Plus Request from the client machine;

(e) determining by the server machine whether the unique identifier of the Ping Plus Request is in the Unique Identifier Data Base;

(f) holding by the server machine of the Ping Plus Request a period of time T1 if the unique identifier of the client machine is not in the Unique Identifier Data Base;

(g) creating by the server machine of a Ping Plus Response if the unique identifier of the client machine is in the Unique Identifier Data Base; and

(h) sending by the server machine of the Ping Plus Response to the client machine.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of determining whether the time out period T1 of the Ping Plus Request has expired.

16. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of dropping the Ping Plus Request if the time out period T1 of the Ping Plus Request has expired.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of storing an unique identifier in the Unique Identifier Database identical to the unique identifier of the Ping Plus Request.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of deleting the unique identifier from the Unique Identifier Database after the Ping Plus Response is sent to the client machine.