Patent ID: 9525564
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a virtual network switch coupled between a first network domain and a second network domain, wherein the virtual network switch is separate from the first and second network domains, and the second network domain is separate from the first network domain; providing a controller coupled to the virtual network switch, the first network domain, and the second network domain; receiving at a first end point in the first network domain a request to make a connection to a second end point in the second network domain; determining if the connection should be provided through a virtual network connecting the first network domain with the second network domain; if the connection should be provided through the virtual network, establishing a virtual network connection between the first end point and the second end point to transmit a payload from the first network domain to the second network domain, wherein the establishing comprises: if the connection should not be provided through the virtual network, passing the request outside the virtual network.