Network message redirection
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1. A method for redirecting communication on a network between a client and a network resource, comprising the steps of:
- executing a software program, the software program configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during a communication session conforming to a network protocol, the software program redirecting a message received on the communications port to the network resource.
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Abstract
A method for redirecting communication on a network between a client and a network resource includes executing a software program, the software program configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during the communication session, the software program redirecting a message received on the communications port to the network resource.
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1. A method for redirecting communication on a network between a client and a network resource, comprising the steps of:
executing a software program, the software program configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during a communication session conforming to a network protocol, the software program redirecting a message received on the communications port to the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for redirecting communication on the Internet between a client and a network resource, comprising the steps of:
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configuring an HTTP-protocol browser on the client to connect to an HTTP-protocol server to download a software program, the software program being hardware platform independent; downloading the software program to the client during a communication session; configuring a general purpose application running on the client to connect to either the local host address or the local IP address for the client and to send a message destined for the network resource instead to a communications port of the client; and executing the software program, the software program configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during a communication session, the software program redirecting the message received on the communications port to the network resource.
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15. A storage device tangibly storing a control program, the control program, when coupled to a control device, operating the control device to redirect communication on a network between a client and a network resource, the control program being configured to operate the control device to perform the functions of:
providing a software program configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during a communication session conforming to a network protocol, where the software program redirects a message received on the communications port to the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A storage device tangibly storing a control program, the control program, when coupled to a control device, operating the control device to redirect communication on the Internet between a client and a network resource, the control program being configured to operate the control device to perform the functions of:
downloading a software program from an HTTP-protocol server to an HTTP-protocol browser on the client, the software program being hardware platform independent, the software program, when downloaded and executing on the client, being configured to listen to at least one communications port of the client during a communication session conforming to the HTTP-protocol, and the software program redirecting a message received on the communications port to the network resource, the message being destined for the network resource but sent to the communications port by a general purpose application running on the client, the general purpose application being connected to either the local host address or the local IP address for the client.
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