Patent №
US 7,933,273
Granted
2011-04-26
Filed 2007
Owner
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Lab
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AI components
2
kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11829831
Methods and apparatus for facilitating traversal of a network address translator (NAT) are disclosed. For example, a node configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a network may facilitate NAT traversal by a) determining information regarding the behavior of one or more NATs with the node; and storing the information in such a way that the information is retrievable by one or more other nodes; or b) retrieving information regarding behavior of one or more NATs obtained by one or more other nodes and using the information to traverse one or more of the NATs.
AI classification
Ownership
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
assignment · 196190074
Assignors
TAKEDA, YUTAKA, WHITE, PAYTON R., MARR, JAMES E., DETWILER, STEPHEN C.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.