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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert Dunham Short, Iii, Leesburg, VA (US);
Edmund Colby Munger, Crownsville, MD (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert Dunham Short, III, Leesburg, VA (US);
Edmund Colby Munger, Crownsville, MD (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
VIRNETX, INC., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Abstract
A network device comprises a storage device storing an application program for a secure communications service, and at least one processor configured to execute the application program for the secure communications service so as to enable the network device to send a request to look up a network address of a second device based on an identifier associated with the second device, receive an indication that the second device is available for the secure communications service, the indication including the requested network address and provisioning information for a secure communication link, connect to the second device over the secure communication link, using the received network address of the second device and the provisioning information for the secure communication link, and communicate at least one of video data and audio data with the second device using the secure communications service via the secure communication link.