US 12,316,477 B2
Virtual traffic hub management
Paul John Tillotson, Herndon, VA (US); Bashuman Deb, Aldie, VA (US); Thomas Spendley, Rochville, MD (US); Omer Hashmi, Chevy Chase, MD (US); Baihu Qian, Herndon, VA (US); and Alexander Justin Penney, Falls Church, VA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,966.
Application 18/481,966 is a continuation of application No. 17/091,995, filed on Nov. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,831,600.
Application 17/091,995 is a continuation of application No. 16/136,131, filed on Sep. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,834,044, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0113998 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01); H04L 61/3015 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/4633 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); H04L 61/3025 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
establishing a hub for packets transmitted between a plurality of networks, wherein the hub comprises resources of a cloud computing environment;
establishing, in a hub-and-spoke configuration associated with the hub, (a) a first Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection between the hub and a first network located at a first premise external to the cloud computing environment and (b) a second VPN connection between the hub and a second network located at a second premise external to the cloud computing environment;
receiving, at the hub, a first packet from the first network via the first VPN connection; and
transmitting at least a portion of contents of the first packet to the second network from the hub via the second VPN connection.