Systems and methods for secured network information transmission
AssigneeLevel 3 Communications, LLC
InventorMichael Feldpusch
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Abstract
The present application describes systems and methods for secured network information transmission. A network tunnel may be established from a customer premises equipment (CPE) to a routing device at a provider site. The network tunnel may traverse over one or more networks while maintaining a secure path for data. A customer may indicate a chosen configuration for a CPE, and a device at a provider site, a customer device, and/or the CPE itself may automatically, or manually, configure the CPE based on the chosen configuration to allow and/or disallow certain customer network information from being received and/or transmitted through the network tunnel.
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A method, comprising:
- establishing a network tunnel from a customer premises equipment (CPE) to a virtual router located at a provider site;
- providing a configuration interface accessible by a customer device;
- providing a key for the network tunnel to the customer device;
- receiving, via the configuration interface, one or more selections of customer network information to be communicated over the network tunnel made using the configuration interface on the customer device;
- automatically configuring the CPE based at least in part on the one or more selections;
- and
- receiving customer network information from the CPE through the network tunnel at the virtual router based at least in part on the configured CPE and further based at least in part on providing the key.
A method, comprising:
- establishing a network tunnel between a customer premises equipment (CPE) and a virtual router, wherein the virtual router is located at a provider site;
- providing a key for the network tunnel to a customer device;
- receiving a configuration indication indicating allowed customer network information, disallowed customer network information, or a combination thereof, for communication through the network tunnel;
- and
- receiving at least a portion customer network information from the CPE through the network tunnel based at least in part on the configuration indication and further based at least in part on providing the key.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory operatively connected to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- establishing a network tunnel from a customer premises equipment (CPE) to a virtual router at a provider site;
- providing a configuration interface accessible to a customer device;
- providing a key for the network tunnel to the customer device;
- receiving, at the configuration interface, one or more selections of customer network information to be communicated over the network tunnel made using the configuration interface on the customer device;
- automatically configuring the CPE based at least in part on the one or more selections;
- and
- receiving customer network information from the CPE through the network tunnel at the virtual router based at least in part on the configured CPE and further based at least in part on providing the key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.