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US 10,764,110 B2Granted
Private networks overlaid on cloud infrastructure
AssigneeCradlepoint, Inc.
InventorsScott Andrew Hankins, Andrew John Mastracci
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Abstract
Briefly, methods and/or apparatuses of overlaying a secure, connected, flexible networking structure, such as on cloud infrastructure, are described.
Claims41
A method comprising:
- without human intervention and without owning networking and/or computing infrastructure, overlaying at least one private network on or above network connectivity via the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure in which the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure is owned by one or more parties other than the party overlaying the at least one private network;
- the method further comprising:
- managing without human intervention the at least one private network;
- wherein the at least one private network comprises two or more separate logical broadcast domains and a controller, the controller being outside the two or more separate logical broadcasts, in which the at least one private network is able to communicate selected signal packets from one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains transmitted to one network device in another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains via at least one tunnel server outside the two or more separate logical broadcast domains, the at least one tunnel server provisioned by the controller;
- wherein the selected signal packets between the network device of the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains and the network device of the another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains are transmitted via the at least one tunnel server;
- and
- wherein the managing the at least one private network comprises managing signal packet communications between the network devices of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.
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A system comprising:
- one or more computing devices;
- the one or more computing devices to, without human intervention and without owning networking and/or computing infrastructure, overlay at least one private network on or above network connectivity via the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure in which the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure is owned by one or more parties other than the party overlaying the at least one private network, the one or more computing devices to manage the at least one private network without human intervention;
- wherein the at least one private network to comprise two or more separate logical broadcast domains and a controller, the controller to be outside the two or more separate logical broadcasts, in which the at least one private network is to be able to communicate selected signal packets to be transmitted from one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains to one network device in another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains via at least one tunnel server outside the two or more separate logical broadcast domains, the at least one tunnel server to be provisioned by the controller;
- wherein the selected signal packets between the network device of the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains and the network device of the another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains are to be transmitted via the at least one tunnel server;
- and
- wherein the management of the at least one private network to comprise management of signal packet communications between the network devices of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.
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An article comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more computing devices to, without human intervention and without owning networking and/or computing infrastructure, overlay at least one private network on or above network connectivity via the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure in which the networking infrastructure and/or computing infrastructure is to be owned by one or more parties other than the party to overlay the at least one private network, wherein the one or more computing devices is to comprise a controller to manage at least one private network without human intervention;
- wherein the at least one private network to comprise two or more separate logical broadcast domains and a controller, the controller to be outside the two or more separate logical broadcasts, in which the at least one private network is to be able to communicate selected signal packets to be transmitted from one network device in one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains to one network device in another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains via at least one tunnel server outside the two or more separate logical broadcast domains, the at least one tunnel server to be provisioned by the controller;
- wherein the selected signal packets between the network device of the one of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains and the network device of the another of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains are to be transmitted via the at least one tunnel server;
- and
- wherein the management of the at least one private network to comprise management of signal packet communications between the network devices of the two or more separate logical broadcast domains.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.