Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Stephen Holmstead

Warren J Greaves

A digital information translation and sending device is provided for sending data to a targeted destination device. The translation and sending device includes a sending device and a gateway device. The sending device includes memory and a communication port. The communication port is operative to send digital data in a first data format compatible with the sending device via a first communications protocol. The gateway device includes processing circuitry, memory, and a communication port. The communication port and processing circuitry are operative to convert the digital data from the first data format to a second data format that is compatible with a destination device and sends the data using a second communications protocol. A method is also provided.

Apparatus and method for translating and sending digital information to different types of receiving devices

Communication systems, firewall devices, and communication methods are presented. In one aspect, a communication system includes a first transport medium configured to communicate data; a second transport medium configured to communicate data; a firewall device configured to selectively permit communication of data intermediate the first transport medium and the second transport medium; a first communication device coupled with the first transport medium; a second communication device coupled with the second transport medium, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are configured to establish a data connection comprising the first transport medium and the second transport medium and the firewall device, to negotiate one of a plurality of formats for data to be communicated after establishment of the data connection, to format data to be communicated responsive to the negotiation, and to implement communication of the data formatted responsive to the negotiation intermediate the first communication device and the second communication device using the data connection.

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Meridian, ID, United States of America

Stephen Holmstead