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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2007
Edward J. Blevins, Austin, TX (US);
John Arley Burns, Houston, TX (US);
Dale S. Walker, Houston, TX (US);
Ricky C. White, Salado, TX (US);
Edward J. Blevins, Austin, TX (US);
John Arley Burns, Houston, TX (US);
Dale S. Walker, Houston, TX (US);
Ricky C. White, Salado, TX (US);
ERF Wireless, Inc., League City, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and operating separate secure networks over a non-secure network are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a system that includes a router with one or more ports and control logic coupled to the one or more ports (the control logic capable of establishing a plurality of secure data paths with at least one other router across a network), and a plurality of external storage devices (each storage device separate from the router but capable of being detachably coupled to a port of the one or more ports, and each external storage device comprising configuration data defining one or more secure data paths of the plurality of secure data paths). Configuration data stored in a first external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices is different from configuration data stored in a second external storage device of the plurality of external storage devices.