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`I.
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`II.
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`Service Preference Architecture ............................................................................................... 4
`A. High Level Description ............................................................................................................. 4
`B. Service Control and Copyright Protection ................................................................................ 4
`C. Flexibility to add new Service Control and Copyright Techniques .......................................... 5
`SPA - Network & Product Architecture ............................................................................... 5
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`III.
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`A. General Description
`Figure 1. Service Preference Architecture ................................................................................ 6
`B. The ICP Controls Communication Gateways .......................................................................... 6
`C. The ICP Controls ISP, BNS & EDC Service Deliveries ........................................................... 7
`D. The ICP Controls are determined by Regular and Active Human Intervention ....................... 7
`E. lCPs Updated by Active Intervention & Multiple lCPs Deliver High Availability....................... 7
`Figure 2. Active Intervention Updates and Backup lCPs .......................................................... 7
`BNS Internet Control Techniques ....................................................................................... 8
`Digital Rights Management ................................................................................................. 8
`1. Conditional Denial ................................................................................................................. 8
`Figure 3. DRM — Conditional Denial ......................................................................................... 8
`3. Packet Inspection .................................................................................................................. 8
`4. E-Mail Server & Client Spoofing ........................................................................................... 9
`Figure 4. DRM — Blocking E-Mail of Copyrighted Files ............................................................ 9
`5. Denial of Service Attacks on Unlicensed “Pirate" Copyright Material Sites .......................... 9
`6. Copyright Registry ................................................................................................................ 9
`7. Copyrighted File Deletion ..................................................................................................... 9
`8. Event Notification ................................................................................................................ 10
`Service Initialization .......................................................................................................... 10
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`Figure 5. Service Initialization. ................................................................................................ 10
`Active and Inactive Gateway Processing Control ............................................................. 10
`Figure 6. Active and Inactive CG processing ......................................................................... 11
`First Portal Visibility (“First Portal") ................................................................................... 11
`Figure 7. First Portal Visibility. ................................................................................................ 11
`Advertising
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`Figure 8. Advertising Insertion. ............................................................................................... 12
`F. Browser, Program Communications 8. URL or IP Address Access Blocking ........................ 12
`Figure 9. URL or IP address Blocking .................................................................................... 13
`G. Service Applet Downloads ..................................................................................................... 13
`Figure 10. Service Applet Downloads ..................................................................................... 13
`H. Virus Initiated Denial of Service Traffic Blocking ................................................................... 13
`Figure 11. Virus Initiated Traffic Blocking ............................................................................... 14
`Law Enforcement Monitoring ............................................................................................ 14
`Figure 12. Law Enforcement Monitoring ................................................................................ 14
`J. VoIP Blocking ......................................................................................................................... 15
`Figure 13. VolP Blocking. ....................................................................................................... 15
`K. Real Time Video or Audio Streaming Blocking ...................................................................... 15
`Figure 14. RT Video or Audio Blocking ...................._............................................................... 16
`Peer to Peer (P2P) Resource Address Server Blocking and False P2P Resource Address
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`Figure 15. P2P Resource Address Server Blocking. .............................................................. 16
`Figure 16. P2P Resource False Address SpOofing. ............................................................... 17
`Internet Access Pre-Authentication ................................................................................... 17
`Figure 17. Internet Access Pre-Authentication ....................................................................... 17
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`ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
`This document describes BNS Product Features, Intellectual Property and Product Architecture.
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`URL: www.bbns.us
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`S rvic Pr fer nc Archit cture
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`A. High Level Descrigtion
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`Broadband Network Systems (BNS) plans to develop and to sell Broadband (high-speed)
`Residential and Business Communication Gateways (063) and Internet Control Points (ICPs) to
`Telecommunication Carriers such as the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), other
`Telephone companies,
`ISPs and Cable TV companies.
`ICPs are network based routers or
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`installed at a Subscriber's site and ICPs,
`installed in the Carriers’ network are designed to enable Carriers to provide the so-called ‘Triple
`Play’ services (Voice+ Broadband Internet + Video) to their Subscribers using the Carrier’s
`existing distribution network.
`In addition, new revenue generating Content Services (music,
`video, games, and software services) can be offered by BNS.
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`With BNS’s unique Service Preference Architecture (SPA), several new data traffic control
`techniques are available to Carriers, ISPs, Enterprises and Cable TV companies for their Internet
`Access networks.
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`they provide an important new feature- Digital Rights
`BNS products are unique in that
`Management,
`i.e., the assurance to both the Service Provider and the Content Provider that
`Intellectual Property (music, video, games, software, etc.) will be secure from illegal downloading
`and transmission over the Internet, a major source of lost revenues and the basis for hundreds of
`lawsuits. Service Providers will want this feature to halt the legal onslaught launched by music
`companies and because they want to offer Video/DSL and the Motion Picture Industry will not
`license the content for distribution over the unsecured Internet, having seen the negative impact
`piracy has already had on the Music Recording Industry. Content Providers will demand this
`feature to stop the illegal downloading and transmission of Intellectual Property over the Internet
`which has cost the music and movie industries billions of dollars annually.
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`B. Service Control and Copyright Protection
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`BNS’ Service Preference Architecture (SPA) is a collection of BNS software routines executed by
`BNS CGs in conjunction with SPA-based Internet Servers under the control of BNS Internet
`Control Points.
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`The software routines perform thirteen functions:
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`rights management- SPA protects copyrighted material
`1. Digital
`downloaded and distributed over the Internet.
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`from being illegally
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`2. First portal visibility- SPA enables Consumers to receive the Carrier/BNS home page or
`video menu system every time their Computer or TV is turned on or whenever they re-initiate
`activity after an extended idle period.
`3. Advertising- SPA allows desired advertisements to be delivered by the Carrier and/or by BNS
`to the Customers.
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`4. Web site blocking- SPA enables Web Sites to be blocked by the Carrier,
`corporate customers as required by Law or by the Subscriber’s own Policy.
`5. Services download- SPA allows Consumer and Business customers to download applets that
`facilitate their use of the BNS/Carrier Services portfolio.
`6. Virus — Initiated traffic Bl cking— SPA prevents infected user machines from repeatedly
`sending traffic at high data rates to sites which are the subject of Denial of Service attacks.
`7. Law enf rcement monitoring — SPA allows data passing through a CG to be copied to law
`enforcement or national security agencies.
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`8. V ice over Internet Prot c l (VolP) traffic bl cking - SPA allows Carriers to restrict the use
`of th Internet Access Service they offer Subscribers to "data transport only,” blocking VoIP and
`thereby protecting their voice revenue stream from encroachment and preserving their ability to
`migrate their voice customers from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) when they
`upgrade their lnternet Access Networks to offer Real Time Quality of Service.
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`9. P2P Resource Address Server Blocking and False P2P Resource Address Spoofing —
`Requests by software programs or browsers to connect to P2P Resource Address servers are
`blocked. With SPA Active Intervention. false addresses are sent to the P2P Resource Servers.
`This foils access to unlicensed Copyrighted Materials.
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`10. Internet Access Pre-Authentication — SPA prevents the use of non-SPA Gateways that
`would fail to enforce SPA features by delivering a Gateway Authentication to Carrier/ISP Remote
`Access I Authentication Servers that must precede any request for Authentication by a User. Only
`after receiving a Pre-Authentication from a Gateway would a User be allowed to successfully
`Authenticate and access the Internet.
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`11. Real Time Audio or Video traffic blocking — SPA allows Carriers to restrict the use of the
`lnternet Access Service they offer Subscribers to “data transport only," blocking Real Time
`packets, normally used for Audio or Video and thereby delivering the ability to bill for traffic
`delivered from Internet Portal sites to their‘ Subscribers in a manner similar to today's “calling
`p'arty pays" method used for Voice Calls.
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`12. Core Network Router & Firewall Processing Control — SPA can control the implementation
`of Routing and Firewall rules used by Core Network Routers to open and close paths to or from
`specific URL/IP addresses or as othen/vise needed to block virus and unwanted traffic.
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`13. Copyrighted File Identifier Computation — Every Copyrighted File known to BNS has a File
`Identifier (FID) computed for it. The FID is computed using a complex Boolean algorithm and
`creates a result that is up to 2K bytes long. During Packet Inspection of traffic flowing through the
`CG, SPA Gateways will compute a FID for files as they are transferring. The FID is forwarded to
`the ICP controlling the Gateway and a "Stop" command is returned to the Gateway by the ICP if
`there is a match. Any FID that matches one in the ENS FID data base is stopped by the Gateway.
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`In Sections II and III, we describe how the software routines work.
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`C. Flexibility to add new Service Control and Copyright Technigues
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`BNS has created SPA to be highly flexible, adaptable and to deliver a high degree of availability
`and security. The BNS SPA Architecture allows new Internet Control techniques to be added as
`BNS, Content Providers or Service providers need them. More techniques will be added by BNS
`as it creates them to deliver value to BNS,
`its customers and partners. This flexibility to add
`techniques is a key feature of SPA and BNS Intellectual Property. This flexibility can be extended
`to National security Agencies to conduct Electronic Internet Warfare against enemies during
`conflict.
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`SPA - Network & Product Architecture
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`A. General Descrigtion
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`Telecommunication Carriers, Cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers can be
`equipped to deliver the BNS suite of features only by using a network service based system. This
`system is based on an architecture that employs an Internet Control Point (ICP) to control the
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`access to web sites and to deliver data to Subscribers. The ICP controls the processing of data
`sent between Customers (client PCs or LAN servers) using the BNS Communication Gateway
`(CG) and the ISPs, Enterprise Data Centers or Content Servers with which they are exchanging
`information. The architecture is completed with a hardware/software implementation in the
`Communication Gateways that Carriers/ISPs use at their customers premises to deliver the
`service. The Communication Gateways cannot be tampered with by Users. Users are given no
`access to unload or modify the CG operating software by design and all ICP-CG communications
`takes place within the Carrier side of the network (DSL uplink).
`ICP-CG communications are
`secured with encryption and hashing. Furthermore, the ICP will not enable any service to an un-
`registered CG and an un-registered CG will not operate in an experimental environment at all.
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`This ensures secure control of the data flow between both the ICP and the CG. This secure flow
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`of data then enables Carriers, ISPs, Enterprise data Centers or Cable TV Companies to control
`the services their Users have access to. Figure 1 illustrates the overall Network Architecture.
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`Content Owners
`Music. Movies, Books,
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`Soflware. Games. Gaming. etc.
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`BNS Internet Control
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`B. The ICP Controls Communication Gateways
`The Communication Gateway (CG) may be either: 1) a Gateway that combines TV. Video,
`Internet and Voice, 2) a dial-up Remote Access Server, 3) an ADSL Modem/Router, 4) a Satellite
`TV Gateway, 5) a Cable TV Modem, or 6) a converged set top + Internet Gateway.
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`The ICP is the source of Internet Service Control and Conditional Denial of Users access to
`Service Provider selected URLs or IP addresses. The ICP controls the CG to determine what web
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`site data is allowed through to Subscribers browsers. The ICP also controls the 065 packet
`inspection processing to determine which data can be allowed to flow through the CG to and from
`the Subscriber, specifically when e-mail or file transfers are initiated. The ICP also controls what"
`~activities are engaged in by idle 065 when Consumers are inactive.
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`software downloads from the ICP, may be used to collect data and to initiate communications
`activities that are disruptive to Content Servers that offer unauthorized copyrighted materials for
`illegal download by Consumers.
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`Multiple lCPs are deployed geographically in the Carrier's netvmrk to support the Gateway
`management capacity of the ICP and the number of Broadband Users in its service area.
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`C. The ICP Controls ISPI BNS & EDC Service Deliveries
`Next is the interaction of the ICP with the BNS Content Server (BCS), Service Provider's internet
`Portal or Carrier (ISP) and Enterprise Data Centers (EDC). The ICP controls Consumers ability to
`access services that are offered by the ISP or EDC. The ICP also controls the 063 to deliver: 1)
`advertisements. 2) the home page for ISP/BCS/EDC web servers or 3) software downloads to
`Consumer’s PCs for their use of lSP/BNS/EDC content services.
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`D. The ICP Controls are determined by Regular and Active Human Intervention
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`The ICP is programmed either by human input or by operator-controlled web crawler software.
`Updates are determined from BNS’s active intervention service whereby changes to the control
`entries are discovered and implemented. This is a service delivered to ISPs and E003 whereby
`the operation of BNS Features described below are controlled in a manner analogous to the
`regular updating of Virus Definitions for computer virus and worm protection.
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`The web crawlers, human intervention and ICP/CG software/processing data base updates are
`controlled by an Active Intervention system consists of a set of centrally maintained computer
`systems which control the operation of the lCPs. Figure 2 illustrates this.
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`lll. BNS lntern tControlT chniqu s
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`Digital Rights Management
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`1. Conditional Denial
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`The 065, under ICP control, deliver a network based Digital Rights Management Service (DRM)
`which denies Users the capability to send or to receive data from or to URLs or IP addresses that
`are known to contain unlicensed copyrighted material. When this “Conditional Denial" occurs, the
`Gateway substitutes the URL or IP Address of a site that offers licensed copyrighted materials for
`legal, authorized sale to the User. This list of URLs or IP addresses that are known to contain
`unlicensed copyrighted material will be regularly updated, similar to how virus definitions are
`regularly updated today.
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`ICPs delivering DRM service use the Section F. Browser, Program Communications & URL or IP
`Address Access Blocking method to direct Users to authorized content sites. DRM uses both
`Active Human and Web Crawler input to find unauthorized content offered over the lnternet and
`to update the URLs or IP addresses that are known to contain unlicensed copyrighted material.
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`When programs other than browsers attempt to access the blocked sites, the requested URL or
`IP address may be substituted by a legal content provider's URL/IP Address or none at all.
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`Upon registration as an “Active” Gateway, the ICP updates the Communication Gateway’s list of
`DRM URL or IP Address substitutions.
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`3. Packet lnsgection
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`Additional packet inspection processing is performed by the Gateways to determine the file type
`of all files being transferred through the Gateway based upon the files properties, such as file
`extension, file format, header or trailer contents and URUIP addresses that are known sources of
`unauthorized Copyrighted material. The Gateway is programmed by the ICP with certain Data
`Patterns. These data patterns may be any length and may contain exact matches plus regular
`expressions. When certain data patterns are recognized, the data transfer is stopped or another
`action is taken, based upon rules delivered by the ICP to the Gateway.
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`4. E-Mail Server & Client Sg
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`CGs present themselves to Users as the User‘s E-mail Sewer and present themselves to E-Mail
`servers as Users.
`In so doing, the CG acts as a 2- way encryption/decryption point to enable
`inspection of what would otherwise be encrypted data. When E-mail is sent through the Gateway,
`the Gateway inspects all attached files using Packet Inspection. Based upon rules delivered by
`the ICP to the Gateway. the Gateway can then deny access to incoming files, stop the transfer of
`outgoing files or take other action..
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