Patents by Inventor Alexander FORSTER
Alexander FORSTER 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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Patent number: 12294471Abstract: A first computing device of a distributed cloud computing network receives an IP packet that is destined to an origin server of an origin network. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate an encapsulated packet, where the outer packet has a source IP address that is advertised as an anycast IP address at the distributed cloud computing network, and a destination IP address of an origin router of the origin network. The encapsulated packet is transmitted to the origin router.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Publication number: 20240179026Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Patent number: 11894947Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Patent number: 11799827Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski, Alexander Forster, Maciej Biłas
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Publication number: 20230124628Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Publication number: 20230019293Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw MAJKOWSKI, Alexander FORSTER, Maciej BILAS
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Patent number: 11533197Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Patent number: 11489810Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski, Alexander Forster, Maciej Biłas
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Publication number: 20220006671Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Patent number: 11128491Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Publication number: 20210112029Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw MAJKOWSKI, Alexander FORSTER, Maciej BILAS
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Publication number: 20210051044Abstract: A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Achiel Paul van der Mandele, Alexander Forster, Eric Reeves, Joaquin Madruga, Rustam Xing Lalkaka, Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski
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Patent number: 10904207Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski, Alexander Forster, Maciej Biłas
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Publication number: 20200344205Abstract: A first edge server of multiple edge servers of a distributed edge computing network receives a request from a client device regarding a resource hosted at an origin server according to an anycast implementation. The first edge server modifies the request to include identifying information for the first edge server prior to sending the request to the origin server. The origin server responds with a response packet that includes the identifying information of the first edge server. Instead of routing the response packet to the client device directly, one of the multiple edge servers receives the response packet due to the edge servers each having the same anycast address. If the edge server that receives the response packet is not the first edge server, that edge server transmits the response packet to the first edge server, who processes the response packet and transmits the response packet to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Marek Przemyslaw MAJKOWSKI, Alexander FORSTER, Maciej BILAS