Patents Represented by Attorney Hickman Palermo Truong & Beckert LLP
  • Patent number: 7293099
    Abstract: A method for a client to access data files residing on a first data server through a network includes coupling a heterogenous proxy server to the first data server through a first local network protocol, selectively receiving at the heterogeneous proxy server a data file from the first data servers by employing the first local network protocol, translating the data file into a format compatible with transmission through the network, and transmitting the translated data file to the client across the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin E. Kalajan