Patent ID: 9253252
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: (a) establishing, by a first intermediary device deployed for a private network and a second intermediary device deployed for a cloud network, a network bridge over a secure layer 2 tunnel, the network bridge extending internet protocol (IP) addressing of the private network to the cloud network to access resources hosted on the cloud network using an IP address of the private network; (b) executing, by the first intermediary device, a virtual server to manage a service provided by a plurality of servers across the private network and the cloud network, a first set of one or more servers of the plurality of servers executing in the private network and a second set of one or more servers of the plurality of servers executing in the cloud network; (c) receiving, by the virtual server, a request from a client on the private network to access the service having an internet protocol address of the private network; and (d) transmitting, by the first intermediary device via the network bridge responsive to the virtual server, the request to one of the servers of the second set of servers in the cloud network.