Encanto Networks

Flat Connections, Inc.

Kalyan Krishnan

Leo Salinas

George A Keyworth, Ii

Methods and apparatus are provided for coupling a single computer, or small network of computers, and associated peripheral devices, to a wide area network, such as the Internet. The apparatus enables the devices to share a one or more IP addresses. The apparatus further enables remote access to the associated peripheral devices.

Methods and apparatus for interfacing a computer or small network to a

A communication device is provided that is controlled through the use of small programs or applets that are executed by a processor within the device. The applets are encoded as a sequence of instructions chosen from a general purpose, machine independent instruction set, such as Java bytecodes. These applets may be interpreted by software, or directly executed by the processor of the communication device. The applets may be loaded into the device from a local host computer or may be downloaded from a remote device or computer. Applets provide a convenient, hardware independent means for maintaining up to date communications protocols and for updating the device with new features and capabilities. Downloading applets from a remote device may, for example, provide automatic encryption capabilities on a session unique basis, or provide for automatic virus detection, thereby providing enhanced security in data communications. A direct connection between the communication device and the host computer's video subsystem provides accelerated video access for applets executing on the device.

Intelligent communication device

Methods and apparatus for providing high speed inter-computer data transmission using multiple low speed communication links. At the transmitting site, a high speed data stream is split into multiple low speed data stream and multiplexed onto to the low speed links. The receiver demultiplexes, buffers, and synchronizes the multiple low speed data streams to recreate the high speed data stream.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Kalyan Krishnan