System and method for discovery and remote control of computers
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1. A system for enabling computers associated with a communications network to remotely locate each other and establish a master-slave relationship comprising:
- a first computer having a first MAC address associated therewith;
a second computer having a second MAC address associated therewith and the first computer and second computer part of the communications network; and
a third computer, remotely situated from outside a subnet communication network including the first and second computers, having knowledge of the first MAC address and the second MAC address and sending a first message having the first MAC address and a unique identifier to the second computer and a second message having the second MAC and the unique identifier address to the first computer over the communications network;
wherein, subsequent to the first and second messages from the third computer, the first computer broadcasts a third message having the first MAC address and the unique identifier over the communications network and in response to the third message the second computer establishes a connected socket between the second computer and the first computer.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling computers associated with a communications network to remotely locate each other and establish a master-slave relationship.
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1. A system for enabling computers associated with a communications network to remotely locate each other and establish a master-slave relationship comprising:
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a first computer having a first MAC address associated therewith; a second computer having a second MAC address associated therewith and the first computer and second computer part of the communications network; and a third computer, remotely situated from outside a subnet communication network including the first and second computers, having knowledge of the first MAC address and the second MAC address and sending a first message having the first MAC address and a unique identifier to the second computer and a second message having the second MAC and the unique identifier address to the first computer over the communications network; wherein, subsequent to the first and second messages from the third computer, the first computer broadcasts a third message having the first MAC address and the unique identifier over the communications network and in response to the third message the second computer establishes a connected socket between the second computer and the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for enabling computers associated with a communications network to remotely locate each other and establish a master-slave relationship comprising:
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broadcasting over the communications network by a remote computer a first message having a first MAC address associated with a first computer and a unique identifier; broadcasting over the communications network by a remote computer a second message having a second MAC address associated with a second computer and the unique identifier; broadcasting over the communications network a third message having the unique identifier and the second MAC address by the second computer; establishing a connected socket by the first computer; broadcasting over the communications network a fourth message having the first MAC address and the unique identifier by the first computer; and establishing a second connected socket by the second computer. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method for establishing a master-slave relationship among computer in a communications network comprising:
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receiving from a remote computer a first MAC address associated with a master computer and a unique identifier; subsequent to receiving the MAC address from the remote computer, broadcasting by a slave computer a first message having a second MAC address associated with the slave computer and the unique identifier; receiving from the master computer a second message having the first MAC address and the unique identifier; and establishing a connected socket over the communications network with the master computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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