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Mobile phone docking station VPNs

  • US 9,338,093 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2014
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • a memory configured to store multiple different types of applications and a data table;

    a wired communication interface configured to connect to a port of a docking station when the device is docked with the docking station; and

    a processing unit configured to;

    receive, via the wired communication interface from the docking station when the device is docked with the docking station, configuration data that sets up multiple network interfaces on the device, assigns multiple different Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), each having a respective VPN identifier, to the multiple network interfaces, and further assigns one of multiple different network addresses to each of the multiple network interfaces,store the configuration data in the data table,execute a first type of application of the multiple different types of applications,receive one or more first packets from the executing first type of application of the multiple different types of applications,index the data table with the first type of application to identify a table entry having an application type field that stores an application type that matches the first type of application, wherein the identified table entry includes a first VPN identifier associated with a first VPN of the multiple different VPNs and first security credentials for use in accessing the first VPN identified by the first VPN identifier,retrieve, from the identified table entry of the data table, the first VPN identifier associated with the first VPN of the multiple different VPNs and the first security credentials, andsend, using the retrieved first security credentials, the one or more first packets via the first VPN identified by the first VPN identifier.

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