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Domain isolation through virtual network machines

US6609153B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 1998
Grant dateAug 19, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/4641
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented method in which Internet Protocol (IP) packets are routed within a first Internet Service Provider's (ISP's) domain from a single network device with a first database. The first database includes addresses of the first ISP. IP packets are also routed within a second ISP's domain from single network device with a second database. The second database, which is separate from the first database, includes addresses of the second ISP.

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