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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Kensuke Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kobori, Kanagawa, JP;
Keigo Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kobori, Kanagawa, JP;
Keigo Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and a method enabling a client connected to an external network to efficiently obtain information about servers connected to an internal network. An information processing device serving as an application gateway connected at an interface between the external network and the internal network performs a server information obtaining process about connected servers through the internal network in response to a request for obtaining information about the servers connected to the internal network transmitted from the client connected to the external network, generates a device list based on the obtained server information, and transmits the device list to the client through the external network. With this configuration, the client connected to the external network can efficiently obtain information about the servers connected to the internal network.