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Web VPN

US9203810B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 2011
Grant dateDec 1, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0281
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Web-based VPN system and corresponding service. The inventive web VPN system/service could be accessed by the users using only a conventional web browser without the need to install any specialized VPN client software on the user terminal, as it is the case with conventional VPN systems. User's terminal could be a user's desktop computer, notebook or a mobile device, such as a cell prone or a PDA, or any other computing platform what so ever, used by the user to access various network resources, such as web pages. One aspect is a web VPN service that encrypts, using, for example, SSL encryption, all web traffic going between the user's terminal and the Internet. System comprises a VPN server/proxy and an associated web server accessible by the user via a communication network, such as Internet. The web server associated with the VPN server/proxy communicates with the latter and enables the user to access and use the functionality provided by the private VPN server/proxy by means of a conventional web browser installed on the user's terminal.

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