Virnetx, the holder of this patent, has asserted this patent (along with U.S. patent no. 6,502,135) against Apple, Cisco, NEC and others. Of particular interest are claims 36, 38-41, 43-47, and 50-59.
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(i) systems available before December 1999; (ii) publications prior to December 1999; or (iii) U.S. Patents filed before December 1999, that disclose:

  • Early VoIP, IM or other IP-based communication systems, particularly those using SIP and/or H.323.
  • a system which establishes an encrypted communication channel (not necessarily limited to a VPN) in response to a request for a network address (not necessarily limited to a DNS request for a secure website).
  • a system for storing doma
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