Patent ID: 7783735
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to be executed by a processor within a network having a client, comprising: intercepting a connection request within the network, wherein the connection request is initiated from the client to establish a communication conduit between the client and a server in order to access a specific service on the server; identifying the communication conduit corresponding to the client, the server, and the specific service; identifying one or more usage conditions associated with the communication conduit, wherein the one or more usage conditions are defined to permit conditional use of the communication conduit by the client; and determining whether the one or more usage conditions permit the connection request to be sent to the server, and wherein one of the one or more usage conditions that would permit the connection request to be sent includes a persistent usage condition in which the communication conduit was previously authorized and a designated time interval for the persistent usage condition has not lapsed.