US 11,888,761 B2
Application port management
Brian Field, Evergreen, CO (US)
Assigned to COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,525.
Application 17/520,525 is a continuation of application No. 16/692,836, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,196,681.
Application 16/692,836 is a continuation of application No. 14/243,644, filed on Apr. 2, 2014, granted, now 10,523,595, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060432 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/70 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 49/253 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 49/253 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first computing platform via a network interface and from a computing device, a first request for a service associated with an application executing on the first computing platform;
sending, based on the first request, by the first computing platform via the network interface and to a second computing platform that is separate from the first computing platform, a second request for opening a network port for utilization by the application to enable communication with the computing device;
receiving, by the first computing platform via the network interface and from the second computing platform, a response to the second request; and
determining, based on the response, whether to open the network port.