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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Gowtham Javaregowda, Waltham, MA (US);
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
James Flynn, Stoughton, MA (US);
Elliot G. Eichen, Arlington, MA (US);
Gowtham Javaregowda, Waltham, MA (US);
Lee N. Goodman, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
James Flynn, Stoughton, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A docking station includes a docking port configured to physically dock with a mobile device, wherein the docking port includes an input/output port. The docking station further includes a communication interface configured to send and receive traffic via a wired network. The docking station also includes a processing unit configured to set-up multiple Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) via the wired network and one or more other networks, assign at least one network address from multiple network addresses to each one of the multiple VPNs, and configure, via the input/output port, the mobile device to send and/or receive traffic via selected ones of the multiple VPNs.