Patent ID: 9602544
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A communication network having a plurality of virtual machines (“VMs”), comprising: a first private cloud configured to provide network services to a plurality of users, the first private cloud comprising a first edge input and output (“I/O”) port into and out of the first private cloud, the first private cloud further comprising a first server inside the first private cloud, the first server having a first interior I/O port; a public cloud configured to provide cloud computing service to users, the public cloud comprising a second edge I/O port into and out of the public cloud, the public cloud further comprising a second server inside the public cloud, the second server having a second interior I/O port; a communications network connecting the first edge I/O port of the first private cloud to the second edge I/O port of the public cloud; an orchestrator coupled to the first private cloud and the public cloud, wherein the orchestrator is configured to establish a first point-to-point connection laid over the communications network for logically direct communication between the first interior I/O port of the first server inside the first private cloud and the second interior I/O port of the second server inside the public cloud in accordance with a network security protocol, wherein the orchestrator comprises a computer processor; and a second private cloud coupled to the first private cloud and configured to provide network services to a plurality of users, wherein the orchestrator is configured to generate a second point-to-point connection between a first I/O port of the first server and a third I/O port of a third server in the second private cloud, wherein the orchestrator is configured to generate a third point-to-point connection between a second I/O port of the second server in the public cloud and the third I/O port of the third server in the second private cloud.