Patent Document ID: 8457140
Application ID: 13357732

Base Claim:
1. A network abstraction gateway (NAG) comprising: at least one abstracted network interface (AN-I) for connectivity with at least one abstracted network (AN) wherein a user has an abstracted endpoint (AE) having a first identity in said abstracted network (AN); at least one communication system interface (CS-I) for connectivity with at least one user's communication system (CS), said communication system interface (CS-I) exposing abstracted endpoint behavior via a second identity in said user's communication system (CS); means (REG) adapted for registering a one-to-one relationship between said first identity and said second identity;means for extracting behavior of said abstracted endpoint (AE), comprising communication features and/or states of said abstracted endpoint (AE); and endpoint abstraction means (AM) adapted for abstracting said abstracted endpoint (AE) in said user's communication system (CS) via an endpoint abstraction (EA) using said second identity, said endpoint abstraction (EA) being responsive to behavior of said abstracted endpoint (AE), being adapted to implement at least one feature and/or state of said user's communication system (CS), and being adapted to bi-directionally map said behavior of said abstracted endpoint (AE) with features and/or states of said user's communication system (CS) via a protocol supported by said user's communication system (CS).

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Claim 2:
2. A network abstraction gateway (NAG) according to claim 1 , said means for extracting behavior of said abstracted endpoint (AE) further comprising: means for receiving communication sessions originating from or destined to said abstracted endpoint (AE) via forced routing implemented in said abstracted network (AN); and means for analyzing said communication sessions in order to extract at least said first identity thereof.