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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Ghulam Muhammad Memon, Eugene, OR (US);
Yang Guo, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ghulam Muhammad Memon, Eugene, OR (US);
Yang Guo, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described including determining if a received message is from a monitored peer, forwarding the received message to a coordinator responsive to said determination, determining if the received message is a request message, opening a port for the peer responsive to the second determination, forwarding the request message to a monitored peer via the opened port and forwarding a response message to the monitored peer responsive to the second determination.