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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Forcepoint Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence B. Huston, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORCEPOINT LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04W 80/06 (2009.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04W 80/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for controlling data services, comprising a plurality of host computers configured to communicate over the network and to request a data tunnel. A plurality of server computers configured to provide data tunnel services to the plurality of host computers. An address allocator operating on one or more processors and configured to implement one or more algorithms that cause a range of addresses to be assigned to each of the server computers, wherein each of the host computers receives one of the addresses for use as part of a data tunnel service request from the host computer to the server computer.