Systems and methods for cloud based unified service discovery and secure availability
US9935955B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/663
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods implemented by a unified agent application executed on a mobile device, for unified service discovery and secure availability include authenticating a user into a plurality of cloud services including a proxy service and a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service, wherein the proxy service is utilized for Internet traffic and the VPN service is for Intranet traffic; creating and operating a link local network at the mobile device with a virtual network interface and multiple listening sockets; and intercepting traffic at the virtual network interface from one or more client applications on the mobile device and splitting the traffic between the proxy service, the VPN service, and the Internet based on a type of the traffic, a destination, and the one or more client applications.
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