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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Mark A. Aiken, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Aiken, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system allows nodes on different segments to communicate with one another as if they were on a single segment. In one implementation, an intermediate computer linked in communication with the different segments relays data between the nodes and selectively substitutes the hardware addresses of its own network interface cards for the hardware addresses of the nodes themselves. The nodes are then able to communicate with one another using hardware addresses of the intermediate computer while still using their own network addresses.