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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Sanjay Pujare, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanan Bellan, San Jose, CA (US);
Yogesh Raina, Cupertino, CA (US);
Farzin Khatib-shahidi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Silvia Restelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay Pujare, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanan Bellan, San Jose, CA (US);
Yogesh Raina, Cupertino, CA (US);
Farzin Khatib-Shahidi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Silvia Restelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Nextplane, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for federation of proxy-based and proxy-free communications systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-executable method comprises broadcasting a network address of a federation computer with an identification of the federation computer as a server for domains operating on a proxy-less protocol. The method includes establishing communications with a server on the network according to a proxy-less communications protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-based communications protocol and to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-less communications protocol. Further, the method calls for establishing communications with a proxy on the network according to a proxy-based protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain.