Transmitting data across firewalls
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorTravis J. Parry
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transmitting data across a firewall are described. A representative method includes: receiving a request to transmit data to a destination; searching for a firewall associated with the destination, the firewall being configured to prohibit communication to the destination via a primary communication protocol and allow communication to the destination via a secondary communication protocol. If the firewall is detected, automatically configuring the data for communication with the secondary communication protocol; and transmitting the data to the destination by utilizing the secondary communication protocol. Other devices and programs are disclosed.
Claims41
A method of transmitting data across a firewall, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to transmit data to a destination;
- searching for a firewall associated with the destination, the firewall being configured to prohibit communication to the destination via a primary communication protocol and allow communication to the destination via a secondary communication protocol;
- if the firewall is detected,
- automatically configuring the data for communication with the secondary communication protocol;
- and
- transmitting the data to the destination by utilizing the secondary communication protocol.
A system for rerouting the transmission of data to avoid a firewall, the system comprising:
- a transmission device configured to search for a firewall protecting a destination, the firewall being configured to prohibit communication to the destination via a primary communication protocol and allow communication to the destination via a secondary communication protocol, the transmission device is further configured to, upon detection of the firewall, automatically configure the data for communication over the secondary communication protocol and transmit the data by utilizing the secondary communication protocol.
A transmission device configured to transmit data to a destination, the transmission device comprising:
- means for transmitting the data by utilizing a secondary communication protocol;
- means for searching for a firewall, the firewall being configured to prohibit communication to the destination by a primary communication protocol and allow communication to the destination via the secondary communication protocol;
- and
- means for automatically configuring the data for communication for the secondary communication protocol upon detecting the firewall.
A data transmission program stored on a computer-readable medium, the transmission program comprising:
- logic configured to facilitate the transmission of data by utilizing a secondary communication protocol;
- logic configured to search for a firewall;
- and
- logic configured to automatically configure communication for the secondary communication protocol upon detecting the firewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.