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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:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

Victor Ronin, San Francisco, CA (US);

David Goldschlag, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Vadim Tarnavsky, San Jose, CA (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, a gateway server including a first VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates the first VPN tunnel, a stitcher server including a second VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates a second VPN tunnel, and a mid-link server coupled to the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel. The mid-link server may include a plurality of Access Resource Servers (ARSs), and the gateway server and the stitcher server may communicate via a network connecting the plurality of ARSs.


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