Patent ID: 9246766
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing a distributed Internet architecture via an Internet Exchange grid comprising: at least one local gate keeper (LGK) associated with a plurality of users; at least one global gate keeper (GGK) connected to the at least one LGK; and a set of routers connecting the at least one LGK and the at least one GGK; authenticating, by hardware processor, a new user attempting to access the Internet Exchange grid; allocating identifier to the new authenticated user; and providing access to identifiers of other authenticated users accessing the Internet Exchange grid to the new authenticated user; wherein allocating identifier comprises assigning to the new authenticated user an identifier for a VLAN formed by at least one of an LGK and a GGK that the new authenticated user accesses.