US 12,438,913 B2
Provisioning encrypted domain name service and secure value-added service with certificates at a customer premise equipment in a broadband satellite system
Chi-Jiun Su, Rockville, MD (US)
Assigned to Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,711.
Application 18/498,711 is a continuation of application No. 17/552,785, filed on Dec. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,843,635.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,046, filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064173 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/166 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 63/0485 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A customer premise equipment (CPE) terminal comprising:
a processor with a memory, where the memory stores instructions that when executed cause the processor to:
provide internet services to a client device at a customer premise through a satellite connected to a satellite gateway by:
receiving a signed certificate from a certificate server connected to the satellite gateway,
assigning a private internet protocol (IP) address to the client device in a local area network,
and
providing encrypted domain name server (DNS) services to the client device using the signed certificate and the private IP address.