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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Eric Cooper, Kanata, CA;
Alan B. Johnston, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AVAYA CANADA CORP., Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 29/1249 (2013.01); H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/1046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A joining peer is bootstrapped into in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network in the presence of network address translators (NAT). A bootstrap peer is contact by the joining peer to establish a connection between the joining peer and an admitting peer in the peer-to-peer network. The joining peer receives an indication from the bootstrap peer that the connection between the joining peer and the admitting peer has been established with a message path through the bootstrap peer. The indication includes contact information for the admitting peer. The connection is them modified to remove all proxies therefrom.