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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Brent Chapman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Covad Communications Group, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A connection manager which requires re-authentication of a user of a permanent virtual connection (PVC). Data transfer may be disabled upon the occurrence of a pre-specified condition, and is enabled only upon proper authentication. An out-of-band connection (e.g., another PVC) may be used for such authentication. The connection manager may disable data transfer by a controlling a customer premise equipment (CPE) serving the managed PVC.