Patent ID: 8488618

Claim:
A dual-connect service box for providing both an inline service and an in-network service, the dual-connect service box comprising: a first wide area network (WAN) port configured to transceive communications with a first local area network (LAN) port of a WAN-connected broadband modem; a WAN-proxy port configured to transceive communications with a second WAN port of a router; a second LAN port configured to selectively transceive communications with the first WAN port; a binding module configured to monitor messages transceived between the router and the WAN-connected broadband modem to determine a WAN Internet Protocol (IP) address of the dual-connect service box; and a security module interposed between the WAN-proxy port and the first WAN port configured to analyze communications transceived between the router and the WAN-connected broadband modem, wherein the security module is configured to perform at least one of firewall protection, virus scanning, content inspection uniform resource locator (URL) filtering, virtual private network (VPN) tunneling, or intrusion prevention system (IPS) protection.