A system and method for enabling a file server to service a plurality of physical networks, wherein each of the networks has a network protocol of the same type. The system and method comprises a single instance of a filing protocol, and an object-oriented class for implementing a session protocol....http://www.google.de/patents/US5721818?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5721818 - Method and system for enabling a file server to service multiple networks of the same network protocol family by invoking multiple instances of a network session protocol 
