Patents Assigned to Cisco Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11979744
    Abstract: Federation policy exchange is provided in response to receiving a sharing query from an Access Point (AP) indicating that an associated wireless network supports federated identities with data sharing, determining whether the sharing query is within sharing preferences; and in response to determining that the sharing query is within the sharing preferences, transmitting, to the AP, a positive response for identity sharing that authorizes collection and sharing of identity data with at least one entity identified in a sharing policy for the associated wireless network. In various embodiments, federation policy exchange includes transmitting a support notification, via an AP, indicating support for federated identities with data sharing within a wireless network associated with the AP; and in response to receiving a first identify sharing preference from a User Equipment (UE) that indicates that negotiation is preferred, transmitting a sharing policy for the wireless network to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Louis G. Samuel, Mark Grayson, Bart A. Brinckman, Robert E. Barton, Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Matthew MacPherson
  • Patent number: 11980005
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a chassis base, a printed circuit board mounted on the chassis base, a heatsink positioned over the printed circuit board to prevent corrosion of components on the printed circuit board, wherein the heatsink comprises a plurality of upward extending fins and a plurality of downward extending walls, a seal interposed between an edge of the downward extending walls and the chassis base, and a cover extending over the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mehmet Onder Cap, Manigandan Boopalan, Joel Richard Goergen, Sandeep Mehdiratta, Manjunatha Reddy Shivashankara, Damaruganath Pinjala
  • Patent number: 11979403
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe disconnecting, by an access node, a first device having a first media access control (MAC) address due to a network violation and receiving, by the access node, information about a second device having a second MAC address different from the first MAC address. In one embodiment, the information is generated by a certificate server based on a token generated by the second device. Further, when the access node determines, based on the information, that the second device is the first device, the access node denies a connection request from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Bart A. Brinckman
  • Patent number: 11979298
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device trains, using feedback from a reference cohort of users of an online application, a prediction model to predict a quality of experience metric for the online application based on network telemetry. The device uses the prediction model to predict quality of experience metrics for different cohorts of users of the online application. The device makes one or more comparisons between performance metrics for the prediction model for the different cohorts of users, based on the quality of experience metrics predicted for the different cohorts of users. The device retrains, based on the one or more comparisons, the prediction model using feedback from the reference cohort and a particular cohort from among the different cohorts of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Grégory Mermoud, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Romain Kakko-Chiloff, Pierre-André Savalle
  • Patent number: 11979751
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying one or more wireless access points (APs), from among a plurality of APs including 6 GHz radios, as candidates to operate in standard power indoor (SPI) mode. Identification is based on at least one of: determining that network switches associated with the wireless APs meet a threshold requirement relating to power over ethernet (PoE) for operating in SPI mode, determining, based on at least one of radio frequency (RF) density and channel quality relating to the plurality of APs, that the one or more APs should operate in SPI mode as opposed to lower power indoor (LPI) mode, and determining that operating the one or more APs in SPI mode improves quality of service (QoS) metrics for the plurality of APs as opposed to operating the one or more APs in LPI mode. The one or more wireless APs are configured to operate in SPI mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishal S. Desai, David L. Wolf
  • Patent number: 11979862
    Abstract: Providing for time sensitive networking (TSN) traffic in high density deployments is described. An access point (AP) is a high density deployment receives a message identifying another AP as a TSN neighbor and also detects a TSN device within an area covered by the APs. This arrangement may cause traffic interruptions for the TSN traffic between the TSN device and the APs. In order to prevent disruption in TSN traffic, a TSN time slot and a resource unit (RU) is determined for each of the APs, and the TSN traffic is communicated between the various devices in network according to the determined TSN time slot and RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Akram I. Sheriff, Pascal Thubert, Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton
  • Patent number: 11979430
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a telemetry exporter in a network establishes a tunnel between the telemetry exporter and a traffic analysis service. The telemetry exporter obtains packet copies of a plurality of packets sent between devices via the network. The telemetry exporter forms a set of traffic telemetry data by discarding at least a portion of one or more of the packet copies, based on a filter policy. The telemetry exporter applies compression to the formed set of traffic telemetry data. The telemetry exporter sends, via the tunnel, the compressed set of traffic telemetry data to the traffic analysis service for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Harrell Anderson, David McGrew
  • Publication number: 20240146766
    Abstract: Stateless network address privacy may be provided. A data packing may be received with an obfuscated destination address and an un-obfuscated source address. An un-obfuscated destination address may be determined based on the obfuscated destination address. An obfuscated source address may be determined based on the un-obfuscated source address. The obfuscated destination address may be replaced with the un-obfuscated destination address and the un-obfuscated source address may be replaced with the obfuscated source address. The packet may be forwarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Voit, David Maluf, Matthew S MacPherson, Sri Gundavelli, Ali Sajassi
  • Publication number: 20240143773
    Abstract: A method of creating a root-of-trust (RoT) within a network fabric may include powering on a network interface card (NIC) baseboard management controller (BMC) (NIC BMC), booting up a NIC via the NIC BMC, obtaining an address for the NIC, verifying an identity of the NIC at a fabric trust identity server using a key obtained from a secure vault communicatively coupled to the NIC BMC, verifying with the fabric trust identity server a number of images of a host device residing in the NIC based at least in part on the identity of the NIC being verified, and instructing a platform BMC to boot up the host device based at least in part on the number of images of the host device being verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Dvorkin, Chakradhar Kar, Ayan Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11973471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for process and temperature compensation in a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) using a dual replica via monitoring an output of a first TIA (transimpedance amplifier) and a second TIA; configuring a first gain level of the first TIA based on a feedback resistance and a reference current applied at an input to the first TIA; configuring a second gain level of the second TIA and a third TIA based on a control voltage; and amplifying a received electrical current to generate an output voltage using the third TIA according to the second gain level. In some embodiments, one or both of the second TIA and the third TIA include a configurable feedback impedance used in compensating for changes in the second gain level due to a temperature of the respective second or third TIA via the configurable feedback impedance of the respective second or third TIA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Barabas, Joseph Balardeta, Simon Pang, Scott Denton
  • Patent number: 11971962
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a device obtains a set of device classification rules. Each device classification rule specifies one or more attributes from a set of attributes and being configured to assign a device type to an endpoint in a network when the endpoint exhibits the one or more attributes specified by that rule. The device forms a graphical representation of the set of attributes. The device performs an analysis of the graphical representation of the set of attributes. The device provides a result of the analysis to a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Tedaldi, Grégory Mermoud, Jürg Nicolaus Diemand, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Pierre-André Savalle
  • Patent number: 11974346
    Abstract: A method includes configuring serving cells for UE, the serving cells including at least six serving cells configurable for the UE; receiving PUCCH format configuration information for transmitting uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells, the PUCCH format configuration information including configuration information of PUCCH format 4; determining a total number of HARQ-ACK bits, SR bits, and periodic CSI bits to be transmitted in a subframe; selecting, at least based on the determined total number, a PUCCH format to transmit at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI, the selected PUCCH format being one of PUCCH formats including the PUCCH format 4 and PUCCH format 3; and transmitting the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells in the subframe using the selected PUCCH format, the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells including the at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Dong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11973843
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for an “on demand” or event-triggered end user monitoring/remote user monitoring (EUM/RUM) solution that is activated when the user has requested it, or an event (conditions of which are set by a user) occurs that triggers activation of the EUM/RUM solution. This EUM/RUM may be completely integrated into an enterprise IT Help Desk system, whereby support “tickets” are automatically generated when the monitoring solution is instantiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Walter T. Hulick, Jr., Carlos M. Pignataro, David John Zacks, Thomas Szigeti
  • Patent number: 11971917
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for a non-intruding auto quoting feature on-the-fly for chat applications based on previous conversations and effectively forking/quoting such conversations to ease the burden of the user going through all the chat history. The techniques may involve monitoring an ongoing first text communication session between a first user and at least one second user; detecting one or more salient words or phrases in the first text communication session based on the monitoring; based on the one or more salient words or phrases, identifying a second text communication session that is topically related to the first text communication session; and displaying in a user interface presented to the first user a prompt to quote relevant content from the second text communication session into the first text communication session or to fork the first user to be a participant in the second text communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Karthik Babu Harichandra Babu, Akaash Dev S C, Amit Kumar
  • Patent number: 11973765
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for controlling group access to a collaboration technology. The techniques include generating a shared encryption key among authorized producers of content associated with a collaboration technology. The techniques include receiving, by the authorized producers and from authenticated consumers, requests to access the content. The requests may be received in a partitioned manner, such that individual producers are serving a particular subset of the authenticated consumers. In response to receiving the requests, the techniques include sending the shared encryption key from the individual producers to the corresponding subset of authenticated consumers. The techniques include using the shared encryption key to encrypt content by the authorized producers, which may then be decrypted by the authenticated consumers using the shared encryption key, achieving end-to-end encryption of event content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Muscariello, Giulio Grassi, Jacques Samain, Olivier Roques
  • Patent number: 11971800
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: listening, by an agent process, to a discovery-based execution of an application; determining, by the agent process, a plurality of transition locations during the discovery-based execution of the application; recording, by the agent process, the plurality of transition locations into a recorded file; and providing, by the agent process, the recorded file to cause injection of instrumentation into the plurality of transition locations during runtime of the application based on the recorded file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Theodore Hulick, Jr., Bhuvneshwar Kumar
  • Patent number: 11973669
    Abstract: Presented herein are methodologies in which packets or events are selected statistically to update a counter of a network device. The updated value that is stored in the counter also reflects a number of packets (or corresponding bytes) that were not selected to update the counter. The methodology includes receiving, at a network device, a first packet followed by a second packet, probabilistically selecting the second packet to update a value of a counter of the network device while probabilistically not selecting the first packet to update the value of the counter, and updating the value of the counter to account for both the first packet and the second packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Aviran Kadosh, Shira Turgeman
  • Patent number: 11972007
    Abstract: Techniques for maintaining geographic-based data privacy rules in networked environments. An example method includes receiving a request from a user device; generating, based on the request, a query for data associated with fulfilling the request; transmitting, to a data controller, the query; transmitting, to the data controller, an indication of a geographic region in which at least one device implementing the entity is located; and receiving, from the data controller, a portion of the data associated with fulfilling the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy Patricia Cam-Winget, Eric Voit
  • Publication number: 20240137414
    Abstract: Dynamic Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) sharing between multiple tenant Open RAN Distributed Units (O-DU) may be provided. A Near Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) may receive tenant policies for a first tenant and a second tenant. The nRT-RIC may then determine initial sharing templates for the first tenant and the second tenant based on the tenant policies. The nRT-RIC may send the initial sharing templates to a first tenant Distributed Unit (DU) and a second tenant DU. The nRT-RIC may receive operating metrics from the first tenant DU and the second tenant DU. The nRT-RIC may then determine operational factors based on the operating metrics. The nRT-RIC may alter an allocation of resources between the first tenant and the second tenant based on the operational factors. Finally, the nRT-RIC may send the altered allocation of resources to the first tenant DU and the second tenant DU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Indermeet Gandhi, Mark Grayson, Shailender Potharaju
  • Patent number: 11968658
    Abstract: System, methods, and computer-readable media for a Neutral Host (NH) operation of a 5G radio, whereby a NH operator receives feedback from hosts and determines to partition Physical Resource Block (PRB) resources. Thus, a NH system is provided that enables a third-party to independently operate other channels, whereby individual physical random access channels (PRACH) are operated by independent hosts. The NH system is able to indicate partitioned resources to individual hosts, including PRACH definition and mutually exclusive set of PRBs partitioned between tenants. The hosts operating in the NH system may be operable to implement their own independent schedulers, incorporating host specific logic, that can be configured with the partitioned resources but which may further operate independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Grayson, Humberto Jose La Roche