| US 7,533,162 B2 | ||
| Method, apparatus and system for supporting multiple collaborative sessions in a bi-directional communication device | ||
| Keith Robert Broerman, Carmel, Ind. (US); Linmei Shu, Austin, Tex. (US); and Liangzhong Wang, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/511,560 PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2003, PCT No. PCT/US03/11239 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 15, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/090405, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 30, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/372913, filed on Apr. 16, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0198112 A1, Sep. 08, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—220 [709/230; 709/227; 709/205; 709/245] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for supporting multiple diagnostic sessions in a bi-directional communication device, said method comprising:
receiving diagnostic session requests from a plurality of requesters;
verifying identification information for each of said requesters;
establishing a communications channel for each verified requester; and
communicating diagnostic information corresponding to a particular one of the diagnostic session requests received from a
particular one of said verified requesters to all of said verified requesters via said established communications channels,
wherein said establishing a communications channel further comprises saving session information such as, a requester IP address
and a requester receiving port number for each of said verified requesters, and
wherein the requested information is communicated to each of said verified requesters via an available socket comprising the
respective saved session information.
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