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US 8,990,342 · App. 13/487,124 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

System and method for client-server communication facilitating utilization of network-based procedure call

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Patent No.
US 8,990,342
App. No.
13/487,124
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

System and method for communicating data are disclosed. Method includes facilitating receiving, from a module of a client computing device, a first message in a universal format. Method includes generating a first encoded message by encoding the first message into a network-based procedure call interface associated with a server, based on a stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface. Method includes facilitating transmitting the first encoded message to a module of the server. Method includes facilitating receiving, from a module of the server, a second message encoded in the network-based procedure call interface associated with the server. Method includes generating a second decoded message by decoding the second message into the universal format, based on the stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface. Method includes facilitating transmitting the second decoded message to a module of the client computing device.

Claims (44)

1. A computer-implemented method for communicating data, the method comprising:

facilitating receiving, from a module of a client computing device, a first message in a universal format;

generating a first encoded message by encoding the first message into a network-based procedure call interface associated with a server, based on a stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface, wherein generating the first encoded message comprises replacing a header of the first message that is in a first layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) model with a header of the first encoded message that is associated with network-based procedure call interface;

facilitating transmitting the first encoded message to a module of the server;

facilitating receiving, from a module of the server, a second message encoded in the network-based procedure call interface associated with the server;

generating a second decoded message by decoding the second message into the universal format, based on the stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface; and

facilitating transmitting the second decoded message to a module of the client computing device,

wherein an operating system of the server is configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface, and wherein an operating system of the client computing device is not configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface.

2. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform one or more operations, the instructions comprising:

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate receiving, from a module of a client computing device, a first message in a universal format;

code for causing the one or more processors to generate a first encoded message by encoding the first message into a network-based procedure call interface associated with a server, based on a stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface, wherein generating the first encoded message comprises replacing a header of the first message that is in a first layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) model with a header of the first encoded message that is associated with network-based procedure call interface;

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to a module of the server;

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate receiving, from a module of the server, a second message encoded in the network-based procedure call interface associated with the server;

code for causing the one or more processors to generate a second decoded message by decoding the second message into the universal format, based on the stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface; and

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to a module of the client computing device,

wherein an operating system of the server is configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface, and wherein an operating system of the client computing device is not configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code for causing the one or more processors to generate the second decoded message by decoding the second message into the universal format, based on the stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface comprises:

code for causing the one or more processors to copy data blocks of a first layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) model stack for the second message into data blocks of a second layer of the open systems interconnection (OSI) model stack for the second decoded message, wherein the second layer is a higher number layer than the first layer.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the first layer is layer 5, which is a session layer, and the second layer is layer 7, which is an application layer.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein a protocol associated with the first layer (which is layer 5) of the OSI model for the second message is Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and wherein a protocol associate with the second layer (which is layer 7) of the OSI model is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the first layer is layer 5, which is a session layer, and wherein the network-based procedure call interface is RPC.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein an operating system of the server is incompatible with an operating system of the client computing device.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to the module of the server comprises:

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to the module of the server via an application layer protocol in an open systems interconnection (OSI) model.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to the module of the client computing device comprises:

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to the module of the client computing device via an application layer protocol in an open systems interconnection (OSI) model.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to the module of the server comprises:

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to the module of the server over a firewall.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to the module of the client computing device comprises:

code for causing the one or more processors to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to the module of the client computing device over a firewall.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the universal format is hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS).

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the network-based procedure call interface comprises a remote procedure call.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors reside on the client computing device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors reside on the server.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors reside on a first machine, and wherein the first machine is different from the client computing device and different from the server.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors reside within a router, the router being configured to establish a port forward or a virtual private network through a gateway service.

18. An apparatus comprising:

one or more modules configured to facilitate receiving, from a module of a client computing device, a first message in a universal format;

one or more modules configured to generate a first encoded message by encoding the first message into a network-based procedure call interface associated with a server, based on a stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface, wherein generating the first encoded message comprises replacing a header of the first message that is in a first layer of an open systems interconnection (OSI) model with a header of the first encoded message that is associated with network-based procedure call interface;

one or more modules configured to facilitate transmitting the first encoded message to a module of the server;

one or more modules configured to facilitate receiving, from a module of the server, a second message encoded in the network-based procedure call interface associated with the server;

one or more modules configured to generate a second decoded message by decoding the second message into the universal format, based on the stored encoding for the network-based procedure call interface; and

one or more modules configured to facilitate transmitting the second decoded message to a module of the client computing device,

wherein an operating system of the server is configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface, and wherein an operating system of the client computing device is not configured to read messages in the network-based procedure call interface.

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