| US 7,500,196 B2 | ||
| Method and system for generating route distinguishers and targets for a virtual private network | ||
| Hamdy Mahmoud Farid, Kanata (Canada); Satvinder Singh Bawa, Ottawa (Canada); and Susan Patricia Callow, Kanata (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Alcatel Lucent, Paris (France) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 23, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/386,806. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0223486 A1, Sep. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—735 [370/392; 370/409] | 20 Claims |
| 11. A system for generating a route distinguisher for a virtual private network, the virtual private network managed by a
service provider through the system, the system comprising:
a processor coupled to memory, a display screen, and an input device; and
modules within the memory and executed by the processor, the modules including:
a module for receiving a signal from a user through a graphical user interface displayed on the display screen of the system
to select a format for the route distinguisher;
a module for receiving a signal from the user through the graphical user interface to select a policy for determining the
route distinguisher;
a module for displaying an available value for the route distinguisher on the display screen, the available value determined
from the policy and the format, the available value including an administrator subfield value portion and a next assigned
number subfield value portion;
a module for receiving an administrator subfield value and a next assigned number subfield value from the user through the
graphical user interface; and
a module for combining the administrator subfield value and the next assigned number subfield value to generate the route
distinguisher, whereby the administrator subfield value portion and the next assigned number subfield value portion of the
available value suggest the administrator subfield value and the next assigned number subfield value to the user, respectively.
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