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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to communicatively couple virtual private networks to virtual machines within distributive computing networks
- Patent Title (中): 将虚拟专用网络通信耦合到分布式计算网络内的虚拟机的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12638643Application Date: 2009-12-15
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Publication No.: US08705513B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Jacobus Van Der Merwe , Alexandre Gerber , Kadangode Ramakrishnan
- Applicant: Jacobus Van Der Merwe , Alexandre Gerber , Kadangode Ramakrishnan
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to communicatively couple virtual private networks to virtual machines within distributive computing networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to provision a virtual machine from a virtual private network, determining a host for the virtual machine within a distributive computing network, creating the virtual machine within the host, communicatively coupling the virtual machine to a virtual local area network switch within the distributive computing network, configuring a portion of a router to be communicatively coupled to the virtual machine via the virtual local area network switch by specifying an address space within the router associated with at least one of the virtual machine or the virtual private network communicatively coupled to the router, and communicatively coupling the portion of the router to the virtual private network.
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