Traffic steering system

• US 9,401,962 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Parker, Benjamin J., Ait-Ameur, Samir, Reyes, Emerando M. Delos
• Primary Examiner(s): REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A
• Application Number:
  US12/913,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,098 Days
• Field of Search: 726/4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/06 Deflection routing, e.g. hot-potato routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method including receiving a session request to establish a network connection with a network; sending a session response to establish the network connection with the network; obtaining, by a traffic steering system, user profile information associated with a user sending the session request; and routing the network connection to a requested user destination via the traffic steering system based on the user profile information, wherein the user profile information includes user-specific preferences.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a session request to establish a network connection with a first network;

sending, by a traffic steering system over a second network, a session response to establish the network connection with the first network;

obtaining, by the traffic steering system, user profile information associated with a user sending the session request;

detecting at least one network security threat, attack, or violation; and

routing the network connection to a requested user destination via the traffic steering system based on the user profile information and the at least one detected security threat, attack, or violation, wherein the user profile information includes user-specific preferences.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile information includes user credential information, and the method further comprising:

proxying the user credential information with the requested user destination to provide the user access to a service provided by the requested user destination.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile information includes content filtering information, and the method further comprising:

providing content filtering based on the content filtering information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request by a client residing on a user device to authenticate the user;

authenticating the user; and

making all services provided by the first network available to the user regardless of an access technology used by the user device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving messages from other users that are destined to the user; and

routing the messages to the user device from which the user is authenticated.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a location of the user;

determining a domain of the user; and

routing messages to the user based on the location and the domain.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving messages from other users that are destined to the user; and

routing the messages based on the user profile information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

evaluating the user'"'"'s usage behavior; and

offering services to the user based on the user'"'"'s usage behavior.

9. A device comprising logic configured to:

receive a request to establish a network connection with a first network;

send a response over a second network to establish the network connection with the first network;

obtain user profile information associated with a user sending the request;

detect at least one network security threat, attack, or violation; and

route the network connection to a requested user destination via the device based on the user profile information and the at least one detected security threat, attack, or violation, wherein the user profile information includes user-specific preferences.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the user profile information includes user credential information, and the logic is further configured to:

proxy the user credential information with the requested user destination to provide the user access to a service provided by the requested user destination.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the user profile information includes content filtering information, and the logic is further configured to:

provide content filtering with respect to the requested user destination based on the content filtering information.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the logic is further configured to:

receive messages from other users that are destined to the user; and

route the messages based on the user profile information.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the device corresponds to a grid computing platform that includes multiple devices.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the logic is further configured to:

determine a location of the user;

determine a domain of the user; and

route messages to the user based on the location and the domain.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the logic is further configured to:

analyze the user'"'"'s behavior and usage;

provide an offer to the user to form a social link with other users based on the user'"'"'s behavior and usage; and

coordinate the forming of the social link when the user accepts the offer.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the logic is further configured to:

map an Electronic Number Mapping System with a Domain Name System to provide the user with a web page when the user places a telephone call, wherein the web page relates to a destination associated with the telephone call.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processing system, the computer-readable medium storing instructions to:

receive a request to establish a network connection with a first network;

send a response over a second network to establish the network connection with the first network;

obtain user profile information associated with a user sending the request;

detect at least one network security threat, attack, or violation; and

route the network connection to a requested user destination based on the user profile information and the at least one detected security threat, attack, or violation, wherein the user profile information includes user-specific preferences.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further storing one or more instructions to:

receive messages from other users that are destined to the user; and

route the messages based on the user profile information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further storing one or more instructions to:

determine a location of the user; and

route messages to the user based on the location.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user profile information includes at least one of user credential information or usage behavior.