Cisco Technology, Inc. patent applications on October 10th, 2024

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Patent Applications by Cisco Technology, Inc. on October 10th, 2024

Cisco Technology, Inc.: 19 patent applications

Cisco Technology, Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L9/40 (3), H04W28/02 (2), H04L67/10 (2), H04L41/16 (2), G02F1/015 (1) G02F1/0154 (1), H04L63/20 (1), H04W48/18 (1), H04W48/16 (1), H04W28/24 (1)

With keywords such as: network, service, based, device, node, techniques, include, access, channel, and flow in patent application abstracts.



Patent Applications by Cisco Technology, Inc.

20240337870. INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED PHOTONIC MATERIALS IN SILICON PHOTONIC PLATFORM_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Vipulkumar K. PATEL of Breinigsville PA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Ming Gai Stanley LO of Breinigsville PA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Mark A. WEBSTER of Bethlehem PA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Farnood KHALILZADEH REZAIE of Irvine CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): G02F1/015

CPC Code(s): G02F1/0154



Abstract: embodiments herein describe a photonic platform having a chiplet with a pockels effect electro-optic layer made of ln or bto and a substrate. the chiplet is bonded to a photonic wafer which includes a waveguide. in this manner, a ridge waveguide formed by the pockels effect electro-optic layer and the waveguide utilizes electro-optic effects to tune a signal.


20240338303. AGENTLESS DISTRIBUTED MONITORING OF MICROSERVICES THROUGH A VIRTUAL SWITCH_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Kiran Chunduri of Cupertino CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Rajasekhar Manam of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F11/36, G06F11/34, H04L67/30, H04L67/51

CPC Code(s): G06F11/3664



Abstract: disclosed are systems, computer-readable media and methods for monitoring performance data across microservices. one example method includes establishing a service policy configured on a centralized switch controller, applying the service profile to a virtual interface associated with a microservice, mapping a microservice name for the microservice to an ip address and a port number, tracking a protocol flow for the microservice, wherein the protocol flow is associated with a virtual switch, to yield data, aggregating the data to yield aggregated data and presenting the aggregated data on a user interface.


20240340188. INDEPENDENT IDENTITY PROVENANCE AND LINEAGE FOR CERTIFICATES_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Oliver James BULL of Bristol (GB) for cisco technology, inc., Youcef MELZI of Liverpool (GB) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L9/32

CPC Code(s): H04L9/3263



Abstract: in one embodiment, a verifying device may: receive a certificate of a remote entity over a computer network; extract, from within the certificate, a storage location of a digital identity of the remote entity; obtain the digital identity from the storage location; and accept the certificate of the remote entity in response to both the certificate and the digital identity being verified by the verifying device.


20240340220. AUTOMATIC SAAS OPTIMIZATION_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Darren Russell Dukes of Ottawa (CA) for cisco technology, inc., Jeevan Sharma of Pleasanton CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Fabio R. Maino of Palo Alto CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Alberto Rodriguez-Natal of Leon (ES) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L41/0823, H04L67/10

CPC Code(s): H04L41/0823



Abstract: techniques for enabling a network access provider to make automatic software as a service (saas) optimization decisions. among other things, the techniques may include determining a saas application that is being accessed by client endpoints via flows through a network access provider. the techniques may also include determining, based at least in part on a policy associated with the network access provider, whether to enable network optimizations for traffic through the network access provider to the saas application. based at least in part on a determination that the network optimizations are to be enabled for the traffic to the saas application, the techniques may include installing a service definition associated with the saas application in a service policy database of the network access provider.


20240340223. TECHNIQUE FOR DEFINING FEATURES AND PREDICTING LIKELIHOOD OF ADOPTION OF THE SAME USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Mohammad Shami of Foster City CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Vikramjeet Singh Chauhan of Bellevue WA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Caroline Dahllof of Minnetonka MN (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L41/14, H04L41/22

CPC Code(s): H04L41/145



Abstract: in one aspect, a method of identifying network features includes receiving a first-time definition of a feature, the feature representing a user query for analytics associated with the feature based on data collected on a plurality of devices in one or more networks, generating the analytics associated with the feature, determining, using a trained machine learning model, a likelihood of adoption of at least the feature by one or more users of the plurality of devices, wherein the trained machine learning model receives as input the first-time definition and provides, as output, the likelihood of adoption of at least the feature, and configuring a user interface on a terminal to provide a visualization of at least one of the likelihood of adoption of at least the feature and the analytics associated with the feature.


20240340225. MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ANALYSIS OF NETWORK DEVICES UTILIZATION AND FORECASTING_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Evan K Pease of Walnut Creek CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Mohammad Shami of Foster City CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Yao Zhao of San Bruno CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Younghwan Go of San Francisco CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L41/16, G06N20/00

CPC Code(s): H04L41/16



Abstract: in one aspect, a method of utilization analysis of network devices include receiving a set of information associated with performance of the network devices operating in a network, processing using a trained machine learning model the set of information to identify one or more variables indicative of performance of the network devices, the machine learning model being trained to receive as input the set of device utilization information, identify the one or more variables, and provide as output an analysis of the performance of one or more of the network devices, and generating a user interface to display on a user device a visual representation of the output of the trained machine learning model.


20240340228. INFERRING QOE DEGRADATION FROM IMPLICIT SIGNALS IN USER BEHAVIOR_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Grégory MERMOUD of Venthône (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Michal Wladyslaw GARCARZ of Krakow (PL) for cisco technology, inc., Jean-Philippe VASSEUR of Combloux (FR) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L43/0823, H04L43/0852, H04L67/10

CPC Code(s): H04L43/0823



Abstract: in one embodiment, a device obtains interaction data indicative of a flow of interactions performed by a user with an online application accessible via a network. the device detects an anomaly by applying an anomaly detection model to the interaction data. the device determines that the anomaly is attributable to a condition present in the network. the device causes performance of an adjustment to the network, to mitigate the condition.


20240340236. DYNAMIC SETUP OF END-TO-END CIRCUITS IN HYBRID PACKET AND TDM NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Bharath Vasudevan of Bangalore (IN) for cisco technology, inc., Christian Schmutzer of Koenigsbrunn im Weinviertel (AT) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L45/50, H04L9/40, H04L12/66, H04L45/00

CPC Code(s): H04L45/50



Abstract: presented herein are techniques that remove the unnecessary provisioning system complexities of manual inter-domain service/circuit stitching by introducing a solution to perform dynamic end-to-end circuit setup in a hybrid networking environment. a method is provided that is performed by a gateway node at a boundary of a first domain and a second domain of a hybrid network, the first domain and the second domain using different types of transport and different types of control planes.


20240340240. ENHANCED SERVICE NODE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR L2/L3 GW IN CLOUD_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Xurui Huang of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc., Bo Sun of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc., Yuefeng Jiang of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L45/745, H04L45/28, H04L45/76, H04L49/00

CPC Code(s): H04L45/745



Abstract: disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing layer 2 (l2) and layer 3 (l3) policies. traffic is routed from a first vm to a first cgw within a service node, where the service node can include a centralized policy for both l2 functions and l3 functions, and the first cgw can integrate both l2 gateways and l3 gateways. based on a floating ip address of the packet, the traffic is routed within the service node, the traffic being routed by an access bd from an ingress bd-vif to an egress bd-vif. the traffic is then routed from a second cgw that integrates both l2 gateways and l3 gateways to the destination vm.


20240340283. AUTHENTICATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED POLICIES FOR A BRIDGE MODE VIRTUAL MACHINE BEHIND A WIRELESS HOST IN A MAC BASED AUTHENTICATION NETWORK_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Roberto Mitsuo Kobo of Pleasanton CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Zheng Li of Santa Clara CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Gopala Krishna Andagunda of Bangalore (IN) for cisco technology, inc., Einar Nilsen-Nygaard of East Ayrshire (GB) for cisco technology, inc., Shree Murthy of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Parthiv Shah of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F9/455, H04L61/5014

CPC Code(s): H04L63/0876



Abstract: techniques for authenticating and enforcing differentiated policies for a virtual machine (vm) executing in bridge mode on a host device are described. in an example method a fabric edge device determines a mac address of the vm executing on the host device. the fabric edge device transmits an access request to create a session for the vm to an authentication server. the fabric edge device receives an indication that the vm is authenticated and a session for the vm has been created from the authentication server. the authentication server determines a policy to apply to packets communicated from the vm and assigns an ip address to the vm to create a mac-ip binding for the vm. the fabric edge device applies the policy for the vm to packets with a source ip address corresponding to an ip address assigned to the vm.


20240340317. MULTIFACETED SECURITY GROUP CLASSIFICATION IN OVERLAY FABRIC_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Rajagopalan JANAKIRAMAN of Cupertino CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Kiran SASIDHARAN PILLAI of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Muralidhar ANNABATULA of Dublin CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Murukanandam K. PANCHALINGAM of Dublin CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04L12/46

CPC Code(s): H04L63/20



Abstract: techniques for using policies in an overlay communication network are disclosed. these techniques include deriving a plurality of source tags for a flow relating to an overlay communication network, the plurality of source tags relating to one or more policies for the flow. the techniques further include deriving a tag pointer for the flow, the tag pointer corresponding to all of the plurality of source tags, encapsulating the tag pointer in the flow, and transmitting the flow over the overlay communication network, wherein the tag pointer is configured to be used to identify a plurality of policies for the flow on egress from the overlay communication network.


20240340347. MINIMIZING NETWORK DISRUPTION VIA GRACEFUL UPGRADE OF ROUTING CONTROLLERS_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Prosenjit Sarkar of Santa Clara CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Satish Kumar Mahadevan of San Ramon CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Ravi Kiran Chintallapudi of Pleasanton CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Mahendra Kumar Samarya of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L67/141, H04L41/0803

CPC Code(s): H04L67/141



Abstract: disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for upgrading vsmart controllers. in one aspect, a method includes an edge router receiving a notification from a vsmart controller that an upgrade to the controller will occur. the notification can be dynamically triggered by a centralized network management system. in some embodiments, the vsmart controller can run as a virtual machine (vm) and maintains a control plane connection with one or more edge routers in an overlay network. in response to the notification, a length of time of an expiry timer in which the edge router attempts to connect to the vsmart controller can be increased, and the edge router can connect to the vsmart controller once the increased length of time has passed.


20240340630. FACILITATING RADIO ACCESS NETWORK SHARING FOR A MULTI-OPERATOR CORE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Vimal Srivastava of Bangalore (IN) for cisco technology, inc., Srinath Gundavelli of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W8/08, H04W16/14

CPC Code(s): H04W8/08



Abstract: provided herein are techniques to facilitate radio access network sharing for a multi-operator core network (mocn) environment. in one instance, a method may include obtaining, by a radio node of a shared ran, home mobile network identifiers that are associated with a home access and mobility management function (amf) in which the home mobile network identifiers are obtained from a first transit amf that include first priority values and from a second transit amf that include second priority values. the method may further include obtaining a control plane communication from a user equipment (ue) including a particular home mobile network identifier, identifying the first transit amf or the second transit amf that is associated with a highest priority value for the particular home mobile network identifier; and transmitting the communication to the identified transit amf that is to proxy control plane communications between the ue and the home amf.


20240340687. Dynamic and QOS bandwidth aware load balancing in multi-path software defined wan area networks_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Tony Shen of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc., Hongbo Xia of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc., Alan Xiao-rong Wang of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc., Yin Wang of Shanghai (CN) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W28/08

CPC Code(s): H04W28/0268



Abstract: aspects of the present disclosure are directed to dynamic adjustment of load-balancing weights across multiple network transport interfaces in a network, informed in part by quality of service (qos) metrics. in one aspect, a method includes determining one or more metrics based on one or more software-defined wide area network (sdwan) session level throughput and sdwan session loss through one or more tunnels; generating a quality of service (qos) sdwan session level shape rate per tunnel based on the one or more metrics; and dynamically adjusting an sdwan forwarding load-balance weight for each of the one or more tunnels based on the qos sdwan session level shape rate.


20240340705. SPATIALLY-INDEXED CHANNEL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Roberto MUCCIFORA of Ropraz (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Domenico FICARA of Essertines-Sur-Yverdon (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Amine CHOUKIR of Ecublens (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Vishal S. DESAI of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Shailender POTHARAJU of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Mathieu B. MONNEY of Bussigny (CH) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W28/18, H04W16/18, H04W72/53

CPC Code(s): H04W28/18



Abstract: techniques for improved wireless configuration are provided. one or more enclosing polygons of a deployment of access points (aps) are determined, and a first query for a regulatory database is generated based on the one or more enclosing polygons, where the regulatory database is spatially-indexed. in response to the first query, a set of spatial regions is received, where each spatial region in the set of spatial regions is associated with a corresponding set of wireless parameters. a first set of wireless parameters is determined, for at least a first ap in the deployment of aps, based on the set of spatial regions. the first ap is configured based on the first set of wireless parameters.


20240340710. CONFIGURATION AND USE OF ALLOCATED BANDWIDTHS FOR PREDEFINED SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PREDEFINED TYPES OF A COMMUNICATION RESOURCE AT A USER PLANE FUNCTION NODE_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Abhishek Dhammawat of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Srinath Gundavelli of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W28/24, H04L47/2441, H04W28/02, H04W28/20

CPC Code(s): H04W28/24



Abstract: in one illustrative example, a user plane function (upf) node may receive, from a controller node, a configuration of an allocated bandwidth for a predefined service classification associated with different predefined types of a communication resource at the upf node, for each one of a plurality of different predefined service classifications associated with different predefined types of the communication resource. the upf node may monitor a total bandwidth usage for each predefined service classification. based on identifying that the total bandwidth usage exceeds a threshold limit, the upf node may send, to the controller node, a message which indicates a request for readjusting the allocated bandwidth for the predefined service classification, and indicating the total bandwidth usage. the different predefined types of the communication resource may be different network slices at the upf node, or different quality of service (qos) flow resource types at the upf node, as examples.


20240340775. PRIORITIZED SCHEDULING OF SCAN RADIO FOR FAST LOCATION AND ROGUE UPDATE RATES_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Raj Kumar TANEJA of Twinsburg OH (US) for cisco technology, inc., Matthew Aaron SILVERMAN of Shaker Heights OH (US) for cisco technology, inc., Lucy HUANG of Pleasanton CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W48/16

CPC Code(s): H04W48/16



Abstract: prioritized scheduling of scan radio for fast location and rogue update rates may be provided. channel events for a plurality of channels of an access point (ap) may be tracked. a scan score for at least one channel of the plurality of channels of the ap may be updated based on tracking of the channel events. a modified channel scanning schedule for the plurality of channels may be received based on scan scores for the plurality of channels. the modified channel scanning schedule may comprise an adjusted frequency of channel scan for the at least one channel of the plurality of channels for a predetermined number of scan cycles based on the updated scan score for the at least one channel. channel scan for the plurality of channels may be performed based on the modified channel scanning schedule.


20240340781. 5G TO WI-FI NETWORK SLICE MAPPING_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Shailender POTHARAJU of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Srinath GUNDAVELLI of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Brian D. HART of Sunnyvale CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Timothy P. STAMMERS of Raleigh NC (US) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W48/18, H04W48/02, H04W48/08

CPC Code(s): H04W48/18



Abstract: embodiments herein describe techniques for mapping cellular slices to a wi-fi network. it may be advantageous to port the slice constructs from a cellular network (e.g., 5g) to the wi-fi system. in one embodiment, templates are established for each slice which define different parameters that are used when the slice is implemented on a cellular network and a wi-fi network. a service provider can establish a template for each slice. in one embodiment, the template includes parameters for each slice for both cellular and wi-fi networks.


20240340845. SINGLE CLUSTER FORMATION TECHNIQUE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA)_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)

Inventor(s): Jerome HENRY of Pittsboro NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Pascal THUBERT of Roquefort-les-Pins (FR) for cisco technology, inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L41/16, H04W4/02

CPC Code(s): H04W64/003



Abstract: a single cluster formation technique for ultra-wideband (uwb) time difference of arrival (tdoa) may be provided. a primary anchor may be elected from a plurality of anchors. then a structure of a cluster formed by the plurality of anchors may be collected by the primary anchor. a direction-oriented directed acyclic graph (dodag) may be built for the cluster based on an uncontrolled time drift along the dodag and weighted by a number of hops to the primary anchor.


Cisco Technology, Inc. patent applications on October 10th, 2024