Patents by Inventor Anand Alshi

Anand Alshi 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).

  • Preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover
    Patent number: 11356869
    Abstract: Techniques that provide for the preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a user-plane element, at least one data packet of a packet flow associated with a subscriber, wherein the at least one data packet is are received after the user-plane element has recovered from a failure; determining, by the user-plane element, whether restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element; and applying one or more policies to the packet flow based on a determination that the restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element, wherein the restoration information comprises a rule associated with the packet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Panem Jaya, Anand Alshi
  • PRESERVATION OF POLICY AND CHARGING FOR A SUBSCRIBER FOLLOWING A USER-PLANE ELEMENT FAILOVER
    Publication number: 20200245163
    Abstract: Techniques that provide for the preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a user-plane element, at least one data packet of a packet flow associated with a subscriber, wherein the at least one data packet is are received after the user-plane element has recovered from a failure; determining, by the user-plane element, whether restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element; and applying one or more policies to the packet flow based on a determination that the restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element, wherein the restoration information comprises a rule associated with the packet flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sanjeev Panem Jaya, Anand Alshi
  • Preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover
    Patent number: 10448268
    Abstract: Techniques that provide for the preservation of policy and charging for a subscriber following a user-plane element failover are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a user-plane element, at least one data packet of a packet flow associated with a subscriber, wherein the at least one data packet is are received after the user-plane element has recovered from a failure; determining, by the user-plane element, whether restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element; and applying one or more policies to the packet flow based on a determination that the restoration information associated with the packet flow is stored at the user-plane element, wherein the restoration information comprises a rule associated with the packet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Panem Jaya, Anand Alshi