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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Yifan Gao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Laure F. Andrieux, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zaheer Aziz, Richardson, TX (US);
Hymed Besrour, Dubai, AE;
Yifan Gao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Laure F. Andrieux, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zaheer Aziz, Richardson, TX (US);
Hymed Besrour, Dubai, AE;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes receiving a query for a policy (e.g., a multi-media session) that pertains to a selected one of first and second endpoints. Each endpoint interfaces with their respective session initiation protocol entity, which interacts with a session border controller (SBC). The method further includes negotiating credentials via a policy element and a selected SBC and determining, via a selected policy within the policy element, whether a requested communication session is prohibited or conducted between the endpoints. In more specific embodiments, each SBC makes a mapping between signaling entity information and pre-configured SBC virtual private network (VPN) information used for dynamic configuration of the communication session, and wherein a SIP [or other communication protocol] adjacency configuration is created, where adjacency characteristics are defined for each enterprise in which the endpoints reside.