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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Ali Murat Iloglu, Laurence Harbor, NJ (US);
Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ali Murat Iloglu, Laurence Harbor, NJ (US);
Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network that supports VPNs is enhanced to allow users in one VPN to communicate with users in another VPN in the course of executing a predefined application, such as VoIP. This capability is achieved dynamically by enabling a device that can communicate with the network elements that operate to normally prohibit inter-VPN communication to direct those network elements to enable such communication, at least for the purposes of specific applications.