US 12,323,391 B2
Virtual private networks for similar profiles
Steven Leslie Shafer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Robert Simon, Staatsburg, NY (US); and Mathew Accapadi, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,879.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291710 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0272 (2013.01) [H04L 63/102 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for grouping user profiles onto Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), the computer-implemented method comprising:
creating a user profile at a VPN manager;
dynamically associating, in response to respective logins of the user profile to the VPN manager, the user profile with a respective set of demographically similar user profiles based on location, age, and health-related information of the user profile;
assigning the user profile to at least one VPN server that is associated with the respective set of demographically similar user profiles;
providing encrypted internet access to a device associated with the user profile via the at least one VPN server; and
transmitting resources to the device associated with the user profile via the at least one VPN server, wherein the resources are customized for the respective set of demographically similar user profiles.