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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Christopher J. F. Waters, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J. F. Waters, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ubicom, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an active management system for a SOHO network includes an active management agent module operating in a SOHO network device that maintains ongoing real-time communications with an active management console module at an active management personal computer in the SOHO network. A secured communications protocol defines the format of packets to communicate queries and responses between the gateway and the active management computer. The queries enable real-time active management functions including outgoing connection approvals, incoming connection approvals, user access authorization, automatic ALG suggestions, personal content filtering, status reporting, and traffic statistics reporting.