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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Michael Anthony Dean, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Michael Anthony Dean, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
BBN Technologies Corp., New York, NY (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for mapping and translating address information in a network is provided. The system includes a client-side address translator () and a server-side address translator (). The client-side address translator () is configured to receive a data packet from a client (). The data packet includes a first destination address representing the real destination address. The client-side address translator () maps the first destination address to another address using a mapping algorithm and transmits the data packet with the via the network (). The server-side address translator () receives the data packet, translates the mapped address information back to the real destination address and forwards the data packet using the real destination address.