US 11,689,504 B2
Apparatus and method for secure communication over restricted network
Brian Prodoehl, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US); Brian Lutz, Philadelphia, PA (US); Kevin Cunningham, Swarthmore, PA (US); and Alexander Gizis, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to CONNECTIFY, INC., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Connectify, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,558.
Application 17/848,558 is a continuation of application No. 17/064,846, filed on Oct. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,405,362.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,352, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321539 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0272 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
forwarding, via a client device, data across a first communication network to a virtual private network (VPN) server, wherein the data is destined for a remote server;
forwarding a request sent outside the VPN server, via the client device, to access a second communication network detected by the client device;
receiving, via the client device, a captive portal requiring authentication information;
forwarding, via the client device, the authentication information to an authentication server to obtain access to the second communication network, wherein the authentication information is not forwarded to the VPN server; and
forwarding and receiving additional data, via the client device, to the VPN server concurrently across the first communication network and the second communication network.