Patents by Inventor Michael Standish
Michael Standish has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240179153Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11968103Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 11936663Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11924073Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20240015084Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20230118563Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Publication number: 20230040556Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for network policy simulation in a distributed computing system. The present technology relates techniques that enable simulation of a new network policy with regard to its effects on the network data flow. By enabling a simulation data flow that is parallel and independent from the regular data flow, the present technology can provide optimized network security management with improved efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 11528283Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Publication number: 20210377136Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 11102093Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20210144073Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 10979322Abstract: A monitoring device/module monitors a plurality of nodes in a data center network, and determines one or more latency distributions of response times for messages exchanged between pairs of nodes of the plurality of nodes. The network monitoring device determines a network topology, including one or more communication links interconnecting nodes of the plurality of nodes, consistent with the one or more latency distributions. The network monitoring device also determines a representative response time for each communication link based on the one or more latency distributions, and compares a current response time a message exchanged between one pair of nodes to the representative response time for the communication link interconnecting the one pair of nodes. The network monitoring device identifies a network anomaly when the current response time deviates from the representative response time for the communication link interconnecting the one pair of nodes by a threshold amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Navindra Yadav, Hai Trong Vu, Michael Standish Watts, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 10904116Abstract: An example method according to some embodiments includes receiving flow data for a packet traversing a network. The method continues by determining a source endpoint group and a destination endpoint group for the packet. The method continues by determining that a policy was utilized, the policy being applicable to the endpoint group. Finally, the method includes updating utilization data for the policy based on the flow data.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 10797970Abstract: The technology visualizes data flows within a datacenter in an interactive hierarchical network chord diagram. Based on analyzed data describing data flows, a portion of the data flows that originate at the same first endpoint and terminate at the same second endpoint can be grouped. Subsequently, the dataflow monitoring system displays an interactive hierarchical network chord diagram to include a chord with a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The chord represents the grouped portion of data flows that originate at the same first endpoint and terminate at the same second endpoint. Upon receiving a selection of the chord or the first endpoint of the chord, the dataflow monitoring system expands the grouped portion of the data flows into a more granular representation of the network.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Navindra Yadav
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Publication number: 20200304523Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 10686804Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 10326673Abstract: In one embodiment, a monitoring device (or module) monitors messages exchanged between nodes in a communication network. The monitoring device further determines, based on time stamp data associated with each message, one or more latency distributions of paired response times between the nodes, and determines a node topology consistent with each of the one or more latency distributions of paired response times between the nodes. In some embodiments, the monitoring device also generates a graph of the node topology showing one or more communication links between the nodes, and annotates each communication link of the one or more communication links with at least one of a mean response time or a median response time based on at least one of the latency distributions.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Hai Trong Vu, Michael Standish Watts, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Navindra Yadav, Khawar Deen
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Publication number: 20190182132Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: 10243817Abstract: A method provides for receiving network traffic from a host having a host IP address and operating in a data center, and analyzing a malware tracker for IP addresses of hosts having been infected by a malware to yield an analysis. When the analysis indicates that the host IP address has been used to communicate with an external host infected by the malware to yield an indication, the method includes assigning a reputation score, based on the indication, to the host. The method can further include applying a conditional policy associated with using the host based on the reputation score. The reputation score can include a reduced reputation score from a previous reputation score for the host.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Navindra Yadav, Michael Standish Watts, Ali Parandehgheibi, Shashidhar Gandham, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Khawar Deen
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Patent number: D989319Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Curtis Johnson, Craig Michael Standish, Jaclyn Ellen Lowery, Jack Andrew Marple, Dayne Nathaniel Tanner, Thaddeus Rockwell Hoffman