US 11,956,217 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 May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,271.
Application 18/198,271 is a continuation of application No. 17/848,558, filed on Jun. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,689,504.
Application 17/848,558 is a continuation of application No. 17/064,846, filed on Oct. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,405,362, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,352, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291714 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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 a request sent outside a VPN server, via a client device, to access a second communication network detected by the client device, wherein the client device is communicating with the VPN server over a first communication network;
responsive to receiving a captive portal, forwarding, via the client device, authentication information to obtain access to the second communication network, wherein the authentication information is not forwarded to the VPN server; and
receiving data, by the client device, from a remote server over a bonded connection comprising a first connection provided by the first communication network bonded with a second connection provided by the second communication network to form the bonded connection.