Appeal 2007-0980
Application 10/097,950
INTRODUCTION
The claims relate to a data communications network having a split
proxy server disposed behind a firewall in a private portion of the network
and a split proxy client disposed in a client computing device positioned
externally to the private portion of the network. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. In a data communications network, a split proxy comprising:
a split proxy server disposed behind a firewall in a private
portion of the data communications network;
a split proxy client disposed in a client computing device
positioned externally to said private portion of the data
communications network;
a split proxy client interface to at least one client application in
said client computing device, and a split proxy server interface to at
least one server application corresponding to said at least one client
application in said private portion of the data communications
network; and,
a tunnel established between said split proxy client and split
proxy server, said tunnel hosting all Internet Protocol (IP) data traffic
between said at least one client application and said at least one
corresponding server application in said private portion of the data
communications network.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Safadi US 5,379,278 Jan. 3, 1995
Marcus Leech, SOCKS Protocol Version 5, Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1928, March 1996,
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1928.
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