Method and system for managing a vpn connection
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsChi Chiu TSE, Ania HALLIOP, Chun Hei LAI
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Abstract
A method and computing device configured to send and receive traffic over a virtual private network (VPN) connection, the computing device having a processor; and a communications subsystem, where the method determines that a first trigger had been met; monitors whether data traffic exists over the VPN connection for a first time period; and if no data traffic exists over the VPN connection for the first time period, disconnects the VPN connection.
Claims20
A method at a computing device configured to send and receive traffic over a virtual private network (VPN) connection, the method comprising:
- determining that a first trigger had been met;
- monitoring whether data traffic exists over the VPN connection for a first time period;
- and
- if no data traffic exists over the VPN connection for the first time period, disconnecting the VPN connection.
A computing device configured to send and receive traffic over a virtual private network (VPN) connection, the computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- determine that a first trigger had been met;
- monitor whether data traffic exists over the VPN connection for a first time period;
- and
- if no data traffic exists over the VPN connection for the first time period, disconnect the VPN connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.