COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to;
receive data communicated by a device;
determine whether the data communicated by the device follows one of a first protocol and a second protocol; and
establish, based on the determined type of protocol, one of a first link between the device and a server via a port of the server to transceive the data over a network and a second link between the device and the server via the port of the server to transceive the data over the network.
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Abstract
A communication system is disclosed herein. An example of a communication system includes a network and a server including a port connected to the network. The communication system also includes a device connected to the network that communicates data over the network via a printing protocol or an HTTP protocol. The communication system additionally includes a communication module associated with the port of the server that establishes both a printing link that utilizes the printing protocol via the port of the server to transceive data over the network and an HTTP link that utilizes the HTTP protocol via the same port of the server to transceive the data over the network. A method of network communication and non-transitory storage medium are also disclosed herein.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to; receive data communicated by a device; determine whether the data communicated by the device follows one of a first protocol and a second protocol; and establish, based on the determined type of protocol, one of a first link between the device and a server via a port of the server to transceive the data over a network and a second link between the device and the server via the port of the server to transceive the data over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of network communication, comprising:
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examining network traffic to determine whether the network traffic follows one of a first protocol and a second protocol; and establishing, by a processor, one of a first communication link via a single port of a server for network traffic following the first protocol and a second communication link via the single port of the server for network traffic following the second protocol to enable the server to transceive data via one of the first communication link and the second communication link. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory storage medium, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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examine traffic on a network to determine whether the traffic follows one of a first protocol and a second protocol; establish one of a first communication link via a port of a server for network traffic following the first protocol and a second communication link via the port of the server for network traffic following the second protocol to enable the server to transceiver data via one of the first communication link and the second communication link via the same port of the server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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