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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
Adam Pierce Harris, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeremy Joseph Gordon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Jacob, San Diego, CA (US);
Adam Pierce Harris, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeremy Joseph Gordon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Jacob, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for peer to peer network communication. In one implementation, a method of communicating between a first client system and a second client system includes: discovering first address information for a first client system connected to a first network address translation device; sharing the first address information with a second client system; receiving second address information for the second client system; and establishing communication between the first client system and the second client system using the second address information.