US 2005/0089014 A1 · System and methods for communicating over the internet with geographically distributed devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymetric return paths

Abstract

A system and methods for communicating over the Internet with devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymmetric return paths are described. Remote capture centers are geographically distributed so as to communicate with devices of a decentralized network that reside in diverse geographical locations. A centralized data center communicates with the remote capture centers so as to generate processed information in the form of reply packets from information received at the remote capture centers from the devices, and transmit the processed information back to the devices in a manner so that the processed information appears to have been transmitted from the remote capture centers.

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Dependent claims

A system for communicating with devices in a decentralized network, comprising:

a plurality of remote capture centers geographically distributed so as to receive communications from devices of a decentralized network that reside in diverse geographical locations;
and
a centralized data center communicating with the plurality of remote capture centers so as to generate processed information from the communications received at the plurality of remote capture centers from the devices and transmit the processed information back to the devices in a manner such that the processed information appears to have been transmitted from the plurality of remote capture centers.

A method for communicating with devices in a decentralized network, comprising:

receiving a request to establish a virtual circuit including a first computer in a remote capture center, a second computer in a centralized data center, and an application computer initiating the request;
and
sending first re-write rules to the first computer and second re-write rules to the second computer when establishing the virtual circuit so that the first re-write rules cause the first computer to re-write a destination address included in a packet of information received from a device in the decentralized network to be re-written from an original destination address to an address associated with the second computer, and the second re-write rules cause the second computer to re-write the destination address from the address associated with the second computer to an address associated with the application computer after receiving the packet from the first computer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and methods for communicating over the internet with geographically distributed devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymetric return paths

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System and methods for communicating over the internet with geographically distributed devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymetric return paths

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Abstract

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