Patent ID: 8477778
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for data transport that uses multicast protocols, the method comprising: initiating multicast routing instance of ingress or egress nodes of at least one virtual private networks, wherein each payload data is forwarded along a network where at least one client indicates interest in at least one multicast group address; creating at least one virtual private network with routing protocols on ends of each of a plurality of virtual private network tunnels; associating the multicast group address with the data payload and routing the data payload to multiple clients through the virtual private network tunnels, wherein the data payload is routed such that each tunnel node in a data payload route is multicast enabled; communicating a plurality of multicast addressed packets that are encapsulated within a private tunnel such that each tunnel node is specified as a multicast enabled router with specific instructions to construct and to maintain each virtual tunnel for payload transport; enabling each multicast router to instantiate a plurality of virtual private network tunnels between a plurality of creation points and a plurality of termination points between a public network and a private network; transporting the real-time data payload between the public network and the private network; and performing tunnel creation and tear-down that is initiated by a software application running on a client device.