Batch file interaction

I am looking for something that will let me have my scripts talk to each other across a network and on the same machine. To have a script listen, the "L" means listen, "p" means the port, the "t" is the time out in seconds and "d" is the variable to set [login to view URL] -l -p 4545 -t 300 -d blah To have a script send, the "s" means send, "p" means the port, "ip" is the remote address the "t" is the time out in seconds, "r" is the number or seconds to wait for an ack before resending the message and the rest is the message to be sent. [login to view URL] -s -p 4545 -ip [login to view URL] -t 300 -r 5 nextjob In the above scenario the listening script has done its work and invoked the foo command and is waiting for someone/anyone to give the next command/variable. The sending script sends the "blah" command that the listener gets it and sets %blah% as nextjob.