Patent ID: 6563800
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A data center providing access to subscriber information maintained on a remote enterprise network, the data center comprising:a data network interface system for interfacing with a data network; a login system including a login server for receiving a request inputted by a subscriber on a remote access device across the data network to access the subscriber information and for authenticating the subscriber and the remote device; and a service system including a plurality of enterprise gateway servers for transmitting the request to the remote enterprise network across a second data network to the remote enterprise network and for receiving the requested subscriber information from the remote enterprise network across the second data network; wherein the login server dynamically redirects the remote access device to a corresponding enterprise gateway server associated with the enterprise network upon authenticating the subscriber and the remote access device and the corresponding enterprise gateway server establishing a virtual private network (VPN) connection with the remote enterprise network across the second data network and communicating with the remote enterprise network; wherein the login system further includes an attributes database server hosting subscriber credentials for authenticating the subscriber, the attributes database server being accessed by-the login server; wherein the service system includes application interfaces which operate with the login server, the attributes database server, and the plurality of enterprise gateway servers, to identify the remote access device, to process the authentication of the subscriber and the remote access device, to dynamically redirect the remote access device to the corresponding enterprise gateway server, to establish the VPN connection between the corresponding enterprise gateway server and the remote enterprise network, and to transmit the requested subscriber information to the remote access device; wherein the application interfaces are further configured to transmit the subscriber information request to the remote enterprise network across the VPN connection, to receive the requested subscriber information from the remote enterprise network messaging server across the VPN connection, and to format the requested subscriber information.