US 10,944,836 B2Granted

Dynamically addressable network services

OwnerJ. T. Olds, Alen Peacock +2inventors

InventorsJ. T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling

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Abstract

A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices requests, from a local network gateway, a network port assignment for a services management component within a local network. The system also receives, at the services management component, a network connection directed towards the assigned network port. The network connection is received at the assigned network port regardless of the associated network protocol. The system then identifies a hostname within a data packet received through the network connection. The system also identifies, within a services registry, one or more services registered to receive network connections associated with the identified network protocol. In addition, the system identifies from the one or more services a particular service that is associated with the hostname. The system then forwards the network connection to the particular service.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
request, at a services management component and from a local network gateway, an assigned network port for the services management component within a local network;
communicate, from the services management component and to a remote directory server, the assigned network port and an internet protocol address associated with the services management component;
receive, at the services management component from a user computing device, a network connection directed towards the assigned network port, wherein the network connection is generated by the user computing device and does not travel through the remote directory server prior to being received by the services management component;
identify, at the services management component, a particular protocol associated with the network connection, wherein the network connection is received at the assigned network port regardless of the particular protocol;
and
identify, within a services registry that is stored at the services management component, multiple services registered to receive network connections associated with the particular protocol, wherein the services registry comprises:
a service-specific default indicator that indicates that a particular service selected from the multiple services is a default service for the particular protocol;
determine, at the services management component, that no hostname is present within a data packet received through the network connection;
identify, at the services management component, the default service that is associated with the particular protocol;
and
forward, from the services management component, the network connection to the default service.

11 more elements

A computer-based method for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices, comprising:

receiving, at a user computing device, a command to interact with a particular remote service, wherein the particular remote service communicates through a particular network protocol;
requesting, at the user computing device and from a remote directory server, an internet protocol address and an assigned port associated with a services management component;
generating, at the user computing device and for communication to the services management component, a data packet that comprises an indication of the particular network protocol that is associated with the particular remote service;
and
communicating, from the user computing device to the services management component, a network connection directed towards the internet protocol address and the assigned port associated with the services management component, wherein:
the network connection is directed towards the assigned port regardless of the particular network protocol,
the network connection does not travel through the remote directory server prior to being received by the services management component, and
the services management component is configured to:
access, within a services registry, one or more services registered to receive network connections associated with the particular network protocol, wherein the services registry comprises a service-specific default indicator that indicates that a particular service selected from multiple services is a default service for a particular protocol;
determine that no hostname is present within the data packet received through the network connection;
identify the default service that is associated with the particular network protocol;
and
forward the network connection to the default service.

10 more elements

A computer-based method for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices, comprising:

requesting, at a services management component and from a local network gateway, an assigned network port for a services management component within a local network;
communicating, from the services management component and to a remote directory server, the assigned network port and an internet protocol address associated with the services management component;
receiving, at the services management component from a user computing device, a network connection directed towards the assigned network port, wherein the network connection is generated by the user computing device and does not travel through the remote directory server prior to being received by the services management component;
identifying, at the services management component, a particular network protocol associated with the network connection, wherein the network connection is received at the assigned network port regardless of the particular network protocol;
and
accessing, within a services registry that is stored at the services management component, multiple services registered to receive network connections associated with the particular network protocol, wherein the services registry comprises:
a service-specific default indicator that indicates that a particular service selected from the multiple services is a default service for the particular network protocol;
determining, at the services management component, that no hostname is present within a data packet received through the network connection;
identifying, at the services management component, the default service that is associated with the particular network protocol;
and
forwarding, from the services management component, the network connection to the default service.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/339,197Filed 31 Oct 2016
Published: US 2018/0124188 A13 May 2018
Granted: 9 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 67/51
Network services: discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
H04L 41/5058
Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements: service discovery by the service manager
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…