Traffic steering system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9401962-B2
Application number	US-91382310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2010
Priority date	Oct 28, 2010
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Parker Benjamin J
• Ait-Ameur Samir
• Reyes Emerando M Delos
• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Parker Benjamin J
• Ait-Ameur Samir
• Reyes Emerando M Delos

Classifications

• H04L45/06

  Deflection routing, e.g. hot-potato routing · CPC title

• H04L63/1441

  Countermeasures against malicious traffic (countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002) · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/327

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/141 Primary

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title