Virtual network generation system and method
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a private network community (PNC) among a plurality of clients configured to be linked over one or more of a plurality of communication channels, said method comprising:
- A. linking to a virtual network generation (VNG) system, having access to said communication channels, and establishing a set of PNC attributes, including establishing a set of client attributes associated with said clients and a set of network attributes;
B. accessing a VNG system data store including PNC information related to said plurality of clients and a plurality of network types;
C. authenticating each of said clients, as a function of said PNC information; and
D. establishing said PNC as a function of said set of PNC attributes, including designating a virtual PNC address for each of said clients and linking said clients as if they were connected via a LAN.
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Abstract
A virtual network generation system facilitates the dynamic establishment, maintenance and dissolution of private network communities (PNCs), which may include extended communication links between isolated and geographically dispersed wired and/or wireless electronic devices, as if the electronic devices were set in their own LAN. The virtual network generation system takes advantage of existing communication infrastructure, such as the Internet, Wide Area Networks (WANs), power-lines, telephone lines, and cable networks, and uses them as shared backbones providing dynamic PNC links. Electronic devices connected to the dynamic private network become virtual nodes relating to different PNCs.
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1. A method of establishing a private network community (PNC) among a plurality of clients configured to be linked over one or more of a plurality of communication channels, said method comprising:
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A. linking to a virtual network generation (VNG) system, having access to said communication channels, and establishing a set of PNC attributes, including establishing a set of client attributes associated with said clients and a set of network attributes;
B. accessing a VNG system data store including PNC information related to said plurality of clients and a plurality of network types;
C. authenticating each of said clients, as a function of said PNC information; and
D. establishing said PNC as a function of said set of PNC attributes, including designating a virtual PNC address for each of said clients and linking said clients as if they were connected via a LAN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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18. A virtual network generation (VNG) system configured to establish and manage a plurality of PNCs among a plurality of clients and over a plurality of communication channels, said VNG system comprising:
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A. a data store including PNC information related to said clients and a plurality of network types;
B. a VNG processing device coupled to said data store, said VNG processing device including;
1) an authentication manager, configured to receive, store and selectively authenticate a PNC workgroup of clients from said plurality of clients, as a function of a client identification;
2) a PNC manager, configured to receive and store a set of PNC attributes related to a PNC to be established, wherein said PNC attributes identify the PNC workgroup and a set of PNC security requirements;
3) a PNC routing manager, configured to generate a PNC address for each client; and
4) a communication manager, configured to link said clients, as if they were connected via a LAN, as a function of said PNC attributes; and
C. a network interface system coupling said VNG processing device to at least one of said plurality of communication channels.
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