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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Saran Khalid, Denver, CO (US);
Mohammedyusuf M. Shaikh, Denver, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for automatically switching virtual private networks. A method includes automatically detecting, by a switching virtual private network application, activation of an application, automatically determining, by the switching virtual private network application, whether the application is a defined application in the switching virtual private network application, wherein each defined application includes an associated virtual private network which is needed for a user device to access the application, automatically disconnecting, by the switching virtual private network application, a different virtual private network when the application is defined in the switching virtual private network application, automatically initiating, by the switching virtual private network application, a connection with a virtual private network associated with the application when the application is defined in the switching virtual private network application, and automatically establishing a virtual private network for the application upon acceptance of credentials associated with the virtual private network.