COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH CONVERGED SERVICES
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Abstract
A communications network provides one or more shared services, such as voice or video, to customers over a respective virtual private network (VPN). At the same time, each customer may have its own private data VPN for handling private company data. The shared service VPN permits users from different customers to communicate directly over the shared service VPN. Trust and security are established at the edge of the network, as the information enters from the customer'"'"'s site. As a result, no additional security measures are required within the shared service VPN for the communications between users. This architecture results in a fast, high quality, shared service.
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126 Claims
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1-106. -106. (canceled)
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107. A communications system for providing services to a plurality of customers, comprising:
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a communications network configured with at least one shared service virtual private network (VPN), at least a first set of customers being connected respectively to the at least one shared service VPN for sharing a respective service on the at least one shared service VPN; and at least one private data VPN for handling private customer information, the at least one private data VPN being associated with a respective customer. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114)
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115. A system for connecting a customer to a communications network, comprising:
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a customer edge (CE) router; a provider edge (PE) router; a connection between the CE router and the PE router; wherein the CE router is configured to select a virtual private network (VPN over which and internet protocol (IP) packet received from the customer is to travel, the CE router selecting from (i) at least one shared service VPN connected to the PE router and configured for providing a shared service to multiple customers on the communications network and (ii) a private data VPN (PD-VPN) connected to the PE router. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119)
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120. A method of providing a communications system to a plurality of customers, comprising:
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providing, on a communications network, at least one shared service virtual private network (VPN) accessible by a first set of customers for a shared service, permitting communication between users of different customers subscribed to that service; and providing, on the communications network, at least one private data VPN for handling private customer information, the at least one private data VPN being associated with a respective customer. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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