US 11,736,401 B2
Reassigning exit internet protocol addresses in a virtual private network server
Karolis Pabijanskas, Vilnius (LT); and Kiril Mikulskij, Vilnius (LT)
Assigned to UAB 360 IT, Vilnius (LT)
Filed by UAB 360 IT, Vilnius (LT)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,987.
Application 17/384,794 is a division of application No. 17/384,749, filed on Jul. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,362,990.
Application 17/824,987 is a continuation of application No. 17/384,794, filed on Jul. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,368,428.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022652 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 47/11 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 61/5061 (2022.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.01); H04L 61/5084 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/11 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.05); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 61/5061 (2022.05); H04L 61/5084 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A device associated with a virtual private network (VPN) server, the device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
utilize a first exit internet protocol (IP) address to communicate data associated with a user device having an established VPN connection with the VPN server;
suspend, for a given duration of time, utilizing the first exit IP address to communicate the data associated with the user device based at least in part on receiving a notification indicating that an amount of data communicated utilizing the first exit IP address satisfies a data threshold; and
re-utilize, at an expiration of the given duration of time, the first exit IP address to communicate the data associated with the user device during the established VPN connection.