Methods and system for providing network services using at least one processor interfacing a base network
First Claim
1. A method for providing network services using at least one processor interfacing a base network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at the at least one processor, information identifying a user authorized to administer a first processor separate from the at least one processor;
receiving, at the at least one processor, a base address that is routable in the base network;
providing, at the at least one processor and through the base network, code and information for configuring the first processor to interface the base network at the received base address;
executing, at the first processor, the provided code to configure the first processor based on the provided information such that the first processor interfaces the base network; and
providing, by the at least one processor and through the base network to the first processor, information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network to a second processor separate from the at least one processor, when the first and second processors each provide to the at least one processor a consent for enabling the at least one tunnel.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for providing network services using at least one processor, such as a network operations center that interfaces a base network. The network operations center may receive information identifying a user authorized to administer a first processor, which may be separate from the network operations center, and a base address that is routable in the base network. The network operations center may provide through the base network code and information for self-configuring the first processor as a gateway that interfaces the base network at the base address. The first processor may execute the provided code to self-configure itself as the gateway based on the provided information. The network operations center may then provide through the base network to the first processor additional information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network to a second processor, which may also be separate from the network operations center, when the first and second processors each provide to the network operations center a consent for enabling the tunnel.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for providing network services using at least one processor interfacing a base network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at the at least one processor, information identifying a user authorized to administer a first processor separate from the at least one processor;
receiving, at the at least one processor, a base address that is routable in the base network;
providing, at the at least one processor and through the base network, code and information for configuring the first processor to interface the base network at the received base address;
executing, at the first processor, the provided code to configure the first processor based on the provided information such that the first processor interfaces the base network; and
providing, by the at least one processor and through the base network to the first processor, information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network to a second processor separate from the at least one processor, when the first and second processors each provide to the at least one processor a consent for enabling the at least one tunnel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for providing network services over a base network, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one site in the base network;
receiving, at the at least one site, information about a user;
providing to the user code and other information for self-configuring a first processor;
executing the code on the first processor to self-configure the first processor based on the provided other information; and
establishing communication over the base network between the at least one site and the self-configured first processor to provide the self-configured first processor virtual address information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network between the self-configured first processor and at least one other self-configured second processor, when the at least one site determines that the self-configured first and second processors mutually consent to enabling the at least one tunnel. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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