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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Netskope, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Victor Ronin, San Francisco, CA (US);

David Goldschlag, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Vadim Tarnavsky, San Jose, CA (US);

Kevin Eugene Sapp, St. Augustine, FL (US);

Assignee:

Netskope, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0478 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05); H04L 67/563 (2022.05);
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing policy-controlled communication over the Internet are provided. A system may include a client endpoint function configured to execute on a client device while coupled to a first VPN tunnel, a service endpoint function that operates a remote service of a plurality of remote services, and a mid-link server coupled to the first VPN tunnel and a second VPN tunnel. The mid-link server may include an inspection component that analyzes network packet traffic in accordance with a plurality of policies. The inspection component may inspect the network packet traffic for specific content and provide instructions to a router component and/or a mediation component of the mid-link server. The instructions may be a function of at least one policy that applies to the specific content.


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