Method and apparatus for a secure remote access system

• US 8,073,954 B1
• Filed: 07/19/2000
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Tu, Edgar Allen, Pang, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Coulter, Kenneth R
• Application Number:
  US09/618,954
• Time in Patent Office: 4,157 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709217-219, 709/226, 709/224, 709/223, 709/227, 718/105, 718/102, 718/104
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10015 Access to distributed or replicated servers, e.g. using brokers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1027 Persistence of sessions during load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1029 using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1031 Controlling of the operation of servers by a load balancer, e.g. adding or removing servers that serve requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and apparatus which provides for remote and secure access to a host computer, and which further provides an open application standard for client access to the host computer.

Claims

1. A system for providing access to a base device identified with a user of a remote client device, said remote access system comprising:

a) a web server operatively coupled for communication with the remote client device accessed by the user; and

b) a user server operatively coupled to said web server and said remote client device, said user server further configured to communicate data between the base device and the user of the remote client device, said user server further configured to communicate data with said base device via requests initiated by said base device.

2. The remote access system of claim 1, wherein said data communicated to the remote client device is formatted for viewing by a web browser.

3. The remote access system of claim 1, wherein said data communicated to the remote device is further formatted for viewing on a personal computer.

4. The remote access system of claim 1, wherein said data communicated to the remote device is further formatted for viewing on a mobile telephone.

5. The remote access system of claim 1, wherein said data communicated to the remote device is further formatted for viewing on a personal digital assistant device.

6. The remote access system of claim 1, wherein said data communicated to the remote device is further formatted for viewing on an internet appliance device.

7. A method for providing access to a base device identified with a user of a remote client device, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) operatively coupling a web server with the remote client device to allow communication between the web server and the remote client device;

(b) operatively coupling a user server to said web server and said remote client device; and

(c) communicating data between the base device and the remote client device via said user server from requests initiated by said base device.

8. A method for providing access to a base device identified with a user of a remote client device as recited in claim 7, further comprising a step (d) of allocating resources in the user server on a user by user basis.

9. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said one or more processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method for providing access to a base device identified with a user of a remote client device, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) operatively coupling a web server with the remote client device to allow communication between the web server and the remote client device;

(b) operatively coupling a user server to said web server and said remote client device; and

(c) communicating data between the base device and the remote client device via said user server from requests initiated by said base device.

10. One or more processor readable storage devices and processor readable code for performing the method of claim 9, the method further comprising a step (d) of allocating resources in the user server on a user by user basis.