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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:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2022
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 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0478 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05); H04L 67/563 (2022.05);
Abstract

A system for providing policy-controlled communication over the Internet includes a client endpoint function that executes 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 client endpoint function includes a first VPN endpoint component, and the service endpoint function includes a second VPN endpoint component. A router component operates to route network packet traffic between the first and second VPN tunnels via a route specified by a plurality of policies, an inspection component that analyzes network packet traffic in accordance with the plurality of policies. The plurality of policies for the network packet traffic and the content mediation selected dynamically on the basis of one or more of a user, an application, an endpoint, and a session.


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