Patents Assigned to KONG INC.
  • Patent number: 12688039
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to implementation and interpretation of an application programming interface (API) routing domain-specific programming language (DSL). The API routing DSL improves storage efficiency of routing definitions and rules, reduces errors for API messages unmatched to routes, and improves runtime performance for API message routing. In example embodiments, a routing data object configured according to the API routing DSL includes a match expression. The match expression is a logical combination of one or more attribute condition statements that each describe a relational comparison between an API message attribute and a specified value. Evaluation of the match expression as logically true using attributes of a given API message indicates that the given API messages matches the routing data object. The given API message is then routed according to an endpoint and/or policies associated with the routing data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Datong Sun, Chrono Luo
  • Patent number: 12670213
    Abstract: Operating a microservices registry hub that automatically discovers and sorts services. A microservice architecture application includes a plurality of services, the plurality of services are each an application program interface (API) performing a piecemeal function of an overall application function. The microservices registry hub stores an index of the services. The microservices registry hub is configured to enable consumption of services in execution environments. The service hub uses observation agents to monitor particular execution environments and generate a list of unsorted service data associated services available within that environment. That list is automatically pre-sorted based on a predetermined set of heuristic rules based on the index of the plurality of services. An administrator later goes through the pre-sorted service data and confirms whether or not that pre-sorting was correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Ross Kukulinski, Reza Shafii, David Erichsen, Andrew Kimberly, Yongtao Tang, Gabriella Angiolillo, Wanny Morellato, Samantha Hepler
  • Patent number: 12670269
    Abstract: The technology discloses governing AI inputs and integrating multiple generative AI models through an egress web gateway. The technology involves a client application, a generative AI API, and an egress web gateway to facilitate secure and controlled communication by inspecting and revising communications between the client application and the generative AI API. The inspection is done by comparing the communication against predetermined criteria, which ensures secure and controlled egress from the client application to the generative AI API. In addition, the technology supports multiple generative AI providers, allowing dynamic switching through a unified egress point. Additionally, the technology offers integration of various generative AI models with one user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Saju Pillai
  • Patent number: 12645512
    Abstract: A method for evaluating and validating requests before they reach one or more services in a microservice application, each service being an application program interface (API) performing a piecemeal function of an overall application function, including receiving an API message and comparing the body thereof to a schema; based on that comparison either forwarding the message on as normal in the event of a successful comparison and generating an error message when the comparison fails. In some embodiments, the schema implements Open API Specification Validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Guilherme Salazar, Thijs Schreijer
  • Patent number: 12353875
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing auto-documentation to APIs. The auto documentation plugin is architecturally placed between an API and a client thereof and parses API requests and responses in order to generate auto-documentation. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin is used to update preexisting documentation after updates. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin accesses an online documentation repository. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin makes use of a machine learning model to determine how and which portions of an existing documentation file to update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 12192071
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 12164933
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing execution order and execution for plugins installed on an API gateway associated with a microservices application. In application architectures where features of microservices are implemented as plugins and migrated to an API gateway, the relevant APIs are able to be built lighter weight than otherwise. However, the migration of the features to plugins introduces the potential for error states in the microservice application. To resolve the potential issues, the API gateway takes into consideration a set of native instructions in each of the plugins to determine the execution order thereof. The execution order is determined dynamically in response to requests by the APIs of the microservice application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: James Hurst, Joshua Schmid, Shane Connelly, Aapo Talvensaari, Enrique Garcia Cota, Harry Bagdi, Rob Serafini
  • Patent number: 12040956
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11996982
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plane of a microservice architecture application. The control plane may link a plurality of APIs for the microservice architecture application. The communication between the APIs and the control plane enables the control plane to assess the settings of the APIs compared to stored versions of the settings. The settings and stored versions may each be hashed with a hashing algorithm. The control plane may instruct APIS to update their settings responsive to determining that the settings do not match the stored versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Datong Sun, Aapo Talvensaari, Wangchong Zhou, Michael Fero, Guilherme Salazar, Enrique García Cota, Alan Boudreault
  • Patent number: 11954539
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for configuring event hooks in a microservice architecture-based system. The control plane links a plurality of APIs for a microservice architecture application. Each API includes a data plane proxy that serves traffic for the API from the control plane. The control plane receives an event hook including an event, a source, and a handler. The control plane configures a component of the microservice-architecture-based system to run the handler when the event occurs at the source. When the event occurred at the source, the component runs the handler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Lluís Esquerda Gras, Rob Serafini, Shane Connelly
  • Patent number: 11929890
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11838355
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing auto-documentation to APIs. The auto documentation plugin is architecturally placed between an API and a client thereof and parses API requests and responses in order to generate auto-documentation. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin is used to update preexisting documentation after updates. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin accesses an on-line documentation repository. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin makes use of a machine learning model to determine how and which portions of an existing documentation file to update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11829784
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing execution order and execution for plugins installed on an API gateway associated with a microservices application. In application architectures where features of microservices are implemented as plugins and migrated to an API gateway, the relevant APIs are able to be built lighter weight than otherwise. However, the migration of the features to plugins introduces the potential for error states in the microservice application. To resolve the potential issues, the API gateway takes into consideration a set of native instructions in each of the plugins to determine the execution order thereof. The execution order is determined dynamically in response to requests by the APIs of the microservice application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: James Hurst, Joshua Schmid, Shane Connelly, Aapo Talvensaari, Enrique Garcia Cota, Harry Bagdi, Rob Serafini
  • Patent number: 11792077
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plane of a microservice architecture application. The control plane may links a plurality of APIs for the microservice architecture application. The communication between the APIs and the control plane enables the control plane to assess the settings of the APIs compared to stored versions of the settings. The settings and stored versions may each be hashed with a hashing algorithm. The control plane may instruct APIS to update their settings responsive to determining that the settings do not match the stored versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Datong Sun, Aapo Talvensaari, Wangchong Zhou, Michael Fero, Guilherme Salazar, Enrique García Cota, Alan Boudreault
  • Patent number: 11757731
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11750474
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11675638
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for configuring event hooks in a microservice architecture-based system. The control plane links a plurality of APIs for a microservice architecture application. Each API includes a data plane proxy that serves traffic for the API from the control plane. The control plane receives an event hook including an event, a source, and a handler. The control plane configures a component of the microservice-architecture-based system to run the handler when the event occurs at the source. When the event occurred at the source, the component runs the handler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Lluís Esquerda Gras, Rob Serafini, Shane Connelly
  • Patent number: 11595272
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: 11582291
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for providing auto-documentation to APIs. The auto documentation plugin is architecturally placed between an API and a client thereof and parses API requests and responses in order to generate auto-documentation. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin is used to update preexisting documentation after updates. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin accesses an on-line documentation repository. In some embodiments, the auto-documentation plugin makes use of a machine learning model to determine how and which portions of an existing documentation file to update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti
  • Patent number: RE49722
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating distribution of application programming interfaces (APIs) in a social hub are described herein. The social API hub enables users (i.e., API consumers) to access (e.g., search, test, and/or otherwise utilize or consume) APIs that other users (i.e., API developers) submitted to the hub in a standardized manner. Additionally, users can wrap submitted APIs in a standard description format and add various add-ons on top of an existing API infrastructure in order to provide additional functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONG INC.
    Inventors: Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti, Michele Zonca