Patent ID: 8190751

Claim:
A media server comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to retrieve executable instructions from the memory and to perform: establishing a first tunnel with an endpoint in a first private network, wherein the first tunnel is associated with a physical address of the media server; establishing a first session with a device in the first private network through the first tunnel using a first virtual address, wherein the media server is external to the first private network and wherein the media server is locally addressable within the first private network using the first virtual address; concurrently with the first tunnel, establishing a second tunnel with an endpoint in a second private network, wherein the second tunnel is associated with the physical address of the media server; establishing a second session with a device in the second private network through the second tunnel using a second virtual address, wherein the media server is external to the second private network and wherein the media server is locally addressable within the second private network using the second virtual address.