Patent ID: 8079062
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method using presence information to manage network access, comprising: maintaining presence information for an end user associated with a first network endpoint included in a private network; receiving a remote access request from the end user at a remote endpoint located external to the private network, the remote access request requesting access to the private network for the remote endpoint; in response to receiving a remote access request, updating, by a hardware processor, the presence information for the end user to identify the presence of the end user at least a first network endpoint included in a private network; and based on the updated presence information, automatically configuring an access point to the private network to allow any communications addressed to the first network endpoint from a second network endpoint included in the private network to pass through the access point, automatically configuring the access point comprising copying stored pinhole configuration information of the first network endpoint to pinhole configuration information of the remote endpoint.