Cisco Technology, Inc. patent applications on September 12th, 2024
Patent Applications by Cisco Technology, Inc. on September 12th, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc.: 21 patent applications
Cisco Technology, Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L9/40 (6), H04W28/02 (2), G06F21/55 (2), G06F21/62 (2), H04L43/12 (2) G01S5/0284 (1), H04L63/101 (1), H04W76/19 (1), H04W76/11 (1), H04W76/10 (1)
With keywords such as: data, network, device, service, based, determined, traffic, portion, video, and administration in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor(s): Robert Blaudia Badea of Broadview Heights OH (US) for cisco technology, inc., Fred Jay Anderson of Lakeville OH (US) for cisco technology, inc., Navid Pourramzan Gandji of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Sivadeep Reddy Kalavakuru of Akron OH (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S5/02, G01S11/02, H04W64/00
CPC Code(s): G01S5/0284
Abstract: ultra-wideband (uwb) ranging and location tracking, and particularly an uwb antenna array system and methods for improving the accuracy for phase-difference-of-arrival (pdoa) is provided. uwb ranging may include receiving a poll signal from a client via a first and second antenna. pdoa between the first and second antenna is determined based on the poll signal. a response signal is transmitted to the client, and a first portion of a final signal is received via the first antenna and a third antenna and a second portion of the final signal is received via the second and third antenna. pdoa between the first and third antenna is determined based on the first portion, and pdoa between the second and third antenna is determined based on the second portion. the client location is then determined based on the pdoas.
20240303336. DYNAMIC SECURITY FOR FABRIC NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Deepthi Tammireddy of Dublin CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Shilpa Avinash Sodani of Dublin CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Vishnuprasad Raghavan of Sammamish WA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Hongqing Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/56, G06F21/55, H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): G06F21/566
Abstract: a method of protecting networks may include detecting a compromised computing device associated with a security event generated by a unified security policy from a plurality of sites within a network. a context of the compromised computing device may be extracted. the context may be propagated to a controller. the method may further include fetching from an identity services engine (ise), user identity associated with the compromised computing device, and provisioning the controller with a dynamic list and a data policy matching the dynamic list. the method may also include advertising the dynamic list and the data policy to at least one of the plurality of sites.
Inventor(s): Keith Griffin of Co. Galway (IE) for cisco technology, inc., Jonathan Rosenberg of Freehold NJ (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G06F9/451, G06F16/9535, G06N20/00, H04L67/1097
CPC Code(s): G06F21/6245
Abstract: systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for cognitive collaboration systems on a hybrid node. a query is received by a virtual assistant running on a public cloud, and it is determined whether the query pertains to data available on a public cloud resource, or the query pertains to data available on a private cloud resource. when it is determined that the query pertains to the data available on the public cloud resource, the query is interpreted by using a first model trained on at least one machine learning technique on data from the public cloud. when it is determined that the query pertains to the data available on the private cloud resource, the query is interpreted by using a second model trained on at least one machine learning technique on the data from the private cloud.
20240304512. LOAD PLATE WITH FEEDTHROUGH_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Norbert SCHLEPPLE of Macungie PA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Vipulkumar K. PATEL of Breinigsville PA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Aparna R. PRASAD of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Paul TON of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/367, G02B6/38, H01L23/50
CPC Code(s): H01L23/367
Abstract: an apparatus includes a substrate, an integrated circuit positioned on the substrate, and a load plate positioned on the integrated circuit such that the load plate is arranged to absorb heat from the integrated circuit. the load plate includes a body and an extender. the body includes an upper surface and a bottom surface. the bottom surface contacts the integrated circuit such that the bottom surface is between the integrated circuit and the upper surface. a portion of the body extends beyond the integrated circuit. the extender is coupled to the portion of the body such that the extender extends from the bottom surface to define a cavity between the extender and the integrated circuit. the extender defines an aperture aligned with the integrated circuit.
Inventor(s): David McGrew of Poolesville MD (US) for cisco technology, inc., Martin Rehak of Prague 5 (CZ) for cisco technology, inc., Blake Harrell Anderson of Chapel Hill NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Sunil Amin of Atlanta GA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L41/28, G06F21/55, H04L9/40, H04L67/143, H04W12/12
CPC Code(s): H04L41/28
Abstract: in one embodiment, a service receives administration traffic data in a network associated with a remote administration session in which a control device remotely administers a client device. the service analyzes the administration traffic data to determine whether any portion of the administration traffic data is resulting from an administration session involving a trusted administrator. the service flags a first portion of the administration traffic data as authorized when the first portion of the administration traffic data is determined to result from an administration session involving a trusted administrator, and a second portion of the administration traffic data is non-flagged. the service assesses the second portion of the administration traffic data using a machine learning-based traffic classifier to determine whether the second portion of the administration traffic data is malicious.
Inventor(s): Grégory MERMOUD of Venthône (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Jean-Philippe VASSEUR of Combloux (FR) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L41/5009, H04L41/16
CPC Code(s): H04L41/5009
Abstract: in one embodiment, a device causes, in accordance with a probing strategy, performance of a probing test by one or more agents in a network and with respect to an online application. the device obtains quality of experience measurements for the online application. the device adjusts, using reinforcement learning, the probing strategy based on how well a predictive model was able to predict the quality of experience measurements given results of the probing test. the device repeats the causing, obtaining, and adjusting steps using the probing strategy adjusted by the device, to find a minimally disruptive probing strategy that provides acceptable performance by the predictive model.
20240305553. PREDICTIVE BGP PEERING_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Jean-Philippe VASSEUR of Combloux (FR) for cisco technology, inc., Eduard SCHORNIG of Haarlem (NL) for cisco technology, inc., Grégory MERMOUD of Venthône (CH) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L45/02, H04L43/12, H04L45/302
CPC Code(s): H04L45/04
Abstract: in one embodiment, a device determines a mapping between a network destination and border gateway protocol (bgp) peers located across a plurality of autonomous systems for which the network destination is reachable. the device causes, based on the mapping, performance of probing tests along a plurality of paths to the network destination and via the bgp peers, to obtain path performance measurements for the plurality of paths. the device uses a prediction model to generate predicted performance metrics for the plurality of paths based on the path performance measurements. the device configures, based on the predicted performance metrics for the plurality of paths, the bgp peers with bgp peering policies to convey application traffic associated with the network destination via particular path from among the plurality of paths.
20240305562. SERVICE TREE FOR MULTICAST FLOW VISIBLITY_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Mankamana Prasad Mishra of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Rajiv ASATI of Morrisville NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Nitin KUMAR of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Krishnaswamy MUDDENAHALLY ANANTHAMURTHY of Leander TX (US) for cisco technology, inc., Frank BROCKNERS of Koln (DE) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L45/48, H04L43/12, H04L45/30
CPC Code(s): H04L45/48
Abstract: according to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, an example process herein may comprise: causing, responsive to a triggering event, establishment of a service tree that follows a same path as a multicast parent tree through a data communication network to one or more intended recipient devices; causing a duplication of a particular flow from the multicast parent tree to the service tree; causing a determination of a performance characteristic of the particular flow through the service tree; and causing an association of the performance characteristic with the multicast parent tree.
Inventor(s): Samir Thoria of Saratoga CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Ram Dular Singh of Cupertino CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Praveen Raju Kariyanahalli of San Ramon CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Laxmikantha Reddy Ponnuru of Santa Clara CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan of Santa Clara CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L45/50, H04L12/46, H04L45/00, H04L45/02
CPC Code(s): H04L45/50
Abstract: systems and methods are provided for receiving bandwidth metrics from a plurality of routers on respective link routes in a network, compiling a link database including the bandwidth metrics of each respective link route in the network, selecting a first designated link path from the link database between a first router and a second router based on an application routing policy, the application routing policy being based on a routing metric, providing a first multiprotocol label switching label based on the first designated link path to the first router of the plurality of routers in the network, and restricting network traffic of the first router to the first designated link path provided in the first multiprotocol label switching label.
20240305603. MICROSERVICE VISIBILITY AND CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas Szigeti of Vancouver (CA) for cisco technology, inc., David John Zacks of Vancouver (CA) for cisco technology, inc., Akram Ismail Sheriff of San Jose (CA) for cisco technology, inc., Guy Keinan of Kfar-Saba (IL) for cisco technology, inc., Walter T. Hulick, JR. of Pearland TX (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L61/4511
CPC Code(s): H04L61/4511
Abstract: methods are provided in which a domain name system (dns) service obtains a lookup request for information about a source of a traffic flow being transmitted to a network resource external of a service cluster and performs, based on the lookup request, a lookup operation for a microservice that is the source of the traffic flow, among a plurality of microservices of the service cluster registered with the dns service. the methods further include providing information about the microservice based on the lookup operation. the information includes at least a name of the microservice for visibility of the microservice external of the service cluster.
Inventor(s): Chiara Troiani of Cheseaux-Lausanne (CH) for cisco technology, inc., Aviva Vaknin of Jerusalem (IL) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F21/62, H04L12/18
CPC Code(s): H04L63/0428
Abstract: a method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for securely controlling playback of a recorded collaboration session. a plurality of video feeds is received from a plurality of client devices of users participating in a video meeting, wherein each video feed is encoded by each client device in an encoded format that distorts the video feed, wherein a unique key is used by each client device to encode the video feed. the plurality of video feeds are stored in the encoded format. a request is received to view a stored video feed, wherein the request includes the unique key used to encode the stored video feed. in response to determining that the requesting entity is authorized by a user of the stored video feed to view the stored video feed, the stored video feed is decoded and provided to the requesting entity.
Inventor(s): Jay Kemper Johnston of Raleigh NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Michael Chomicz of Toronto (CA) for cisco technology, inc., David Alexander Pryor of Clayton NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Radoslaw Konrad Ruchala of Sacz (PL) for cisco technology, inc., Jan Stanislaw Krupa of Kraków (PL) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04L41/22
CPC Code(s): H04L63/101
Abstract: techniques and architecture are described for abstracting a real physical twin network wherein security policies are mapped as an overlay on a graphical representation of the network topology. the techniques include receiving, at a computing device, a first security policy) for a first network device. the computing device processes the first security policy to generate a plurality of first access control entries. the computing device creates first graph nodes corresponding to the first access control entries. based at least in part on a processing order of the first security policy on the first network device, the computing device links the first graph nodes into a graph. the computing device displays the graph on a display, wherein the graph is displayed as an overlay on a network topology graph that includes the first network device.
Inventor(s): Bing Qi of Knoxville TN (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04B10/075
CPC Code(s): H04L63/1475
Abstract: an endpoint receives a photon signal jointly encoded in time and frequency as a time-frequency state, and separates the photon signal with a dispersive element to generate frequency components. the endpoint delays each corresponding frequency component by a corresponding time delay to separate out the frequency components in time before the endpoint recombines the frequency components to generate a frequency-separated signal. the endpoint measures the frequency-separated signal to determine the time-frequency state of the photon signal.
Inventor(s): Bart A. Brinckman of Nevele (BE) for cisco technology, inc., Jerome Henry of Pittsboro NC (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/084, H04W12/06
CPC Code(s): H04W12/084
Abstract: techniques are provided for double blind private wi-fi wireless networking using an authentication method (e.g., openroaming) that allows the network to authenticate a user identity against an idp (e.g. apple id), without disclosing any identifiable information about that user to the network, or any information about that user's location or behavior to the identity provider, by leveraging a double-blind method.
Inventor(s): Federico Lovison of Vimercate (IT) for cisco technology, inc., Sukrit Dasgupta of Boxborough MA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W16/18
CPC Code(s): H04W36/00835
Abstract: roaming optimization, and particularly transmitting directional neighbor reports to optimize roaming may be provided. for roaming optimization, it is first determined that a client is going to roam to a new access point (ap). in response to determining the client is going to roam to a new ap, an estimated path of the client is determined. one or more candidate aps are determined based at least in part on the estimated path, and probabilities of roaming to the one or more candidate aps is determined based at least in part on the estimated path. a directional neighbor report including a list of the one or more candidate aps and the probabilities is generated and transmitted to the client.
20240306081. WIRELESS DYNAMIC FILE EXCHANGE_simplified_abstract_(cisco technology, inc.)
Inventor(s): Jerome HENRY of Pittsboro NC (US) for cisco technology, inc., Sudhir K. JAIN of Fremont CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Malcolm M. SMITH of Richardson TX (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/16, H04L9/40, H04W28/24, H04W48/14, H04W74/0816
CPC Code(s): H04W48/16
Abstract: wireless dynamic file exchange is provided by, in response to a triggering network condition occurring, initiating an exchange of a parameter file including non-layer two content via a 802.11 message, such as a generic advertisement service (gas) message between an access point (ap) and a station (sta) connected to the ap; and in response to determining that the exchange was unsuccessful, terminating a connection between the ap and the sta. the parameter file may be sent over several messages and update the parameters for a new session or an existing session. devices that do not conform to the updated parameters may be disassociated from the ap and re-connect to receive and implement the updated parameters.
20240306144. COMPACT MULTI-USER MIMO SCHEDULING METHOD_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., Juan Carlos Zuniga of Montreal (CA) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1263, H04L1/08, H04W28/02
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1263
Abstract: a method comprises: at an access point configured to communicate wirelessly with wireless stations: transmitting, to the wireless stations, a first multi-user trigger frame that identifies the wireless stations and allocates, to the wireless stations, resource units in which the wireless stations are to transmit data; and responsive to transmitting the first multi-user trigger frame, receiving, from the wireless stations, an uplink multi-user data frame that includes uplink data segments concurrently transmitted in the resource units by at least some of the wireless stations.
Inventor(s): Ravi Kiran Guntupalli of Cumming GA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Srinath Gundavelli of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Abhishek Dhammawat of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/10, H04W48/20, H04W68/00
CPC Code(s): H04W76/10
Abstract: disclosed are embodiments that leverage a central control plane of a managed 5g network service architecture across multiple serviced tenants by deploying tenant specific user plane function (upf) and gnb components within tenant managed compute infrastructure. to enable this architecture, the disclosed embodiments assign gnbs and upf instances to specific tenants and communicate those assignments to core components. policies can be defined and applied to specific tenants from the central control plane. inbound data routing to a specific tenant is accomplished by referencing a data store in the control plane that identifies which gnbs are assigned to a tenant associated with the incoming data. those gnbs are then paged to service the incoming data.
Inventor(s): Brian Donald Hart of Sunnyvale CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Malcolm Muir Smith of Richardson TX (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/11, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W76/11
Abstract: method, system, and/or computer readable medium for roaming on a wi-fi network having a plurality of access points including: determining that a new ap actor provides a station (sta) actor enhanced characteristics as compared to an existing ap actor, wherein the enhanced characteristics include one or more of a stronger connection, lower congestion, and/or increased bandwidth; transferring required state from the existing ap actor to the new ap actor; and transferring at least some of data wherein the at least some data includes one or more of medium access control service data units (msdus), aggregated-msdus (a-msdus), medium access control protocol data units (mpdus), and/or aggregated-mpdus from the existing ap actors to the new ap actor.
Inventor(s): Ki Bum Kwon of Seoul (KR) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/19, H04W28/02, H04W76/14, H04W76/27
CPC Code(s): H04W76/19
Abstract: a method of supporting a buffer status report (bsr) associated with a device-to-device (d2d) communication includes: establishing a radio resource control (rrc) connection with an evolved nodeb (enb) and receiving configuration information associated with a d2d communication from the enb, the configuration information including information of resource allocation mode for a d2d data transmission and information of a timer associated with a bsr for a d2d data transmission; determining, by a user equipment (ue), a radio link failure (rlf), the rlf being associated with a connection problem of the rrc connection; initializing a re-establishment process for the rrc connection; canceling all bsrs for a d2d data transmission in response the determined rlf, canceled bsrs for a d2d data transmission being associated with a d2d data transmission scheduled by the enb; and initializing the associated with a bsr for a d2d data transmission.
Inventor(s): Srinath Gundavelli of San Jose CA (US) for cisco technology, inc., Vimal Srivastava of Bangalore (IN) for cisco technology, inc., Ravi Kiran Guntupalli of Cumming GA (US) for cisco technology, inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W80/10, H04L67/141, H04W4/50, H04W40/02, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04W80/10
Abstract: techniques are provided for operator specific customization of a network service configuration. in some embodiments, an operator defines a mapping between an application executing on a user equipment (ue) and a network service configuration. in some embodiments, the network service configuration indicates whether the application is to be supported via a upf instance located within the core network or deployed at a network edge. the mapping is then provided to the ue, and passed back to the core network, for example, when the ue establishes a connection on behalf of the ue application. the core network then supports the ue application consistent with the configuration specified by the mapping.
Cisco Technology, Inc. patent applications on September 12th, 2024
- Cisco Technology, Inc.
- G01S5/02
- G01S11/02
- H04W64/00
- CPC G01S5/0284
- Cisco technology, inc.
- G06F21/56
- G06F21/55
- H04L9/40
- CPC G06F21/566
- G06F21/62
- G06F9/451
- G06F16/9535
- G06N20/00
- H04L67/1097
- CPC G06F21/6245
- H01L23/367
- G02B6/38
- H01L23/50
- CPC H01L23/367
- H04L41/28
- H04L67/143
- H04W12/12
- CPC H04L41/28
- H04L41/5009
- H04L41/16
- CPC H04L41/5009
- H04L45/02
- H04L43/12
- H04L45/302
- CPC H04L45/04
- H04L45/48
- H04L45/30
- CPC H04L45/48
- H04L45/50
- H04L12/46
- H04L45/00
- CPC H04L45/50
- H04L61/4511
- CPC H04L61/4511
- H04L12/18
- CPC H04L63/0428
- H04L41/22
- CPC H04L63/101
- H04B10/075
- CPC H04L63/1475
- H04W12/084
- H04W12/06
- CPC H04W12/084
- H04W36/00
- H04W16/18
- CPC H04W36/00835
- H04W48/16
- H04W28/24
- H04W48/14
- H04W74/0816
- CPC H04W48/16
- H04W72/1263
- H04L1/08
- H04W28/02
- CPC H04W72/1263
- H04W76/10
- H04W48/20
- H04W68/00
- CPC H04W76/10
- H04W76/11
- H04W84/12
- CPC H04W76/11
- H04W76/19
- H04W76/14
- H04W76/27
- CPC H04W76/19
- H04W80/10
- H04L67/141
- H04W4/50
- H04W40/02
- CPC H04W80/10
