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Multi-service VPN network client for mobile device

  • US 8,949,968 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2012
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cellular mobile device comprising:

  • a transmitter and receiver to send and receive cellular communications in the form of radio frequency signals;

    a microprocessor;

    an operating system executing on the microprocessor to provide an operating environment for application software; and

    a multi-service network client registered with the operating system as a single application, wherein the multi-service network client comprises;

    a virtual private network (VPN) handler to establish a VPN connection with a remote VPN security device, wherein the VPN handler encrypts outbound network packets for transmission through the VPN connection and decrypts inbound network packets received from the VPN connection to securely tunnel the network packets between the cellular mobile device and the remote VPN security device;

    a security manager to receive the decrypted inbound network packets from the VPN handler and apply one or more security services to the decrypted network packets received by the VPN handler through the VPN connection; and

    a VPN control application that provides a unified user interface that allows a user to configure both the VPN handler and the security manager.

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