Patents by Inventor Ankur Tandon

Ankur Tandon 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).

  • Patent number: 11928390
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for providing an interface with a personalized virtual personal assistant (VPA) via a computing system. The example method comprises assigning a plurality of virtual personal assistant (VPA) instances to a plurality of users, each VPA instance of the plurality of VPA instances operating concurrently. For example, assigning the plurality of VPA instances to the plurality of users may include retrieving a personalized VPA configuration for each user of the plurality of users based on a plurality of audio samples, each of the plurality of audio samples corresponding to a user of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jigar Mistry, Aditya Diwakar Ilkal, Ankur Jha, Ankur Tibrewal, Nitya Tandon
  • Publication number: 20240029091
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices. An example apparatus includes memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to access a first request, the first request from a user-controlled client device, the first request including an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media, in response to determining a user of the user-controlled client device is a panelist of a first server, store the over-the-top device identifier with demographics corresponding to the panelist, access a second request, the second request from the over-the-top device, the second request including the over-the-top device identifier and a media identifier, and log an impression associated with the media identifier and the demographics, the impression corresponding to the panelist of the first server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
  • Publication number: 20240007396
    Abstract: Virtual network controllers are described that automatically generate policies and configuration data for routing traffic through physical network function (PNF) service chains in a multi-tenant data center. An example network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to: automatically generate, for one or more integrated routing and bridging (IRB) units of corresponding virtual network forwarding tables of a switch of a switch fabric of a data center network, configuration information that, when deployed, causes the IRB units to direct data traffic conforming to multiple communication protocols and flowing over a plurality of virtual networks between a first set of server devices and a second set of server devices positioned outside of the switch fabric (i) toward a service device logically positioned outside of the switch fabric and coupled to the switch, and (ii) back from the service device into the switch fabric via the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ankur TANDON, Vivekananda SHENOY, Jacopo PIANIGIANI, Abhinav PANDIT
  • Patent number: 11792119
    Abstract: Virtual network controllers are described that automatically generate policies and configuration data for routing traffic through physical network function (PNF) service chains in a multi-tenant data center. An example network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to: automatically generate, for one or more integrated routing and bridging (IRB) units of corresponding virtual network forwarding tables of a switch of a switch fabric of a data center network, configuration information that, when deployed, causes the IRB units to direct data traffic conforming to multiple communication protocols and flowing over a plurality of virtual networks between a first set of server devices and a second set of server devices positioned outside of the switch fabric (i) toward a service device logically positioned outside of the switch fabric and coupled to the switch, and (ii) back from the service device into the switch fabric via the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Tandon, Vivekananda Shenoy, Jacopo Pianigiani, Abhinav Pandit
  • Patent number: 11727423
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices. An example apparatus includes memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to access a first request, the first request from a user-controlled client device, the first request including an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media, in response to determining a user of the user-controlled client device is a panelist of a first server, store the over-the-top device identifier with demographics corresponding to the panelist, access a second request, the second request from the over-the-top device, the second request including the over-the-top device identifier and a media identifier, and log an impression associated with the media identifier and the demographics, the impression corresponding to the panelist of the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
  • Patent number: 11722408
    Abstract: An example data center system includes server devices hosting data of a first tenant and a second tenant of the data center, network devices of an interconnected topology coupling the server devices including respective service virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) tables, and one or more service devices that communicatively couple the network devices, wherein the service devices include respective service VRF tables for the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices, and wherein the service devices apply services to network traffic flowing between the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices using the first service VRF table and the second service VRF table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Vivekananda Shenoy, Ankur Tandon, Atul S Moghe, Suresh K Balineni, Tong Jiang, Kiran N. Kasim, Sridevi JeevaRaj
  • Publication number: 20230246941
    Abstract: Techniques are described in which a centralized controller, such as a software defined networking (SDN) controller, constructs a service chain that includes a physical network function (PNF) between a bare metal server (BMS) and a virtual execution element (e.g., virtual machine or container), or in some instances a remote BMS, or vice-versa. In accordance with the techniques disclosed herein, the controller may construct an inter-network service chain that includes PNFs, or a combination of PNFs and virtualized network functions (VNFs). The controller may construct an inter-network service chain to steer traffic between a BMS and a virtual execution element or remote BMS through an inter-network service chain using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) as an underlying transport technology through the service chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mahesh Sivakumar, Anantharamu Suryanarayana, Ankur Tandon
  • Patent number: 11652727
    Abstract: Techniques are described in which a centralized controller, such as a software defined networking (SDN) controller, constructs a service chain that includes a physical network function (PNF) between a bare metal server (BMS) and a virtual execution element (e.g., virtual machine or container), or in some instances a remote BMS, or vice-versa. In accordance with the techniques disclosed herein, the controller may construct an inter-network service chain that includes PNFs, or a combination of PNFs and virtualized network functions (VNFs). The controller may construct an inter-network service chain to steer traffic between a BMS and a virtual execution element or remote BMS through an inter-network service chain using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) as an underlying transport technology through the service chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Sivakumar, Anantharamu Suryanarayana, Ankur Tandon
  • Patent number: 11469998
    Abstract: Network controllers are described that enable creation of logical interconnects between logical routers of different, isolated virtual networks and for auto-generation and deployment of routing policies to control “leaking” of select routes amongst the different virtual networks. In one example, a network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to identify a source logical router of a first virtual network and a destination logical router of a second virtual network implemented on one or more physical devices of a switch fabric, form a policy defining one or more rules for controlling leaking of one or more of the routes through a logical router interconnect from the source logical router to the destination logical router, and push the policy to the one or more physical devices of the switch fabric for application to communications through the logical router interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Parag Sanghvi, Ankur Tandon, Jacopo Pianigiani, Atul S Moghe, Patrik Bok
  • Publication number: 20220217047
    Abstract: An access profile includes configuration characteristics that are defined using device and operating system agnostic attributes. Thus, the access profiles are not necessarily dependent or otherwise tied to any particular vendor or network OS. When a system administrator configures one or more service access points, the system administrator need only specify the vendor and network OS agnostic characteristics that are to be associated with the service access point. A configuration generator can generate vendor specific and/or network specific configuration commands and data from the vendor and network OS agnostic access profile attributes. The generated configuration commands and data can be provided to a network device hosting the service access point using a vendor specific and/or network OS specific configuration application program interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Atul S. Moghe, Ankur Tandon, Supriya Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11316738
    Abstract: An access profile includes configuration characteristics that are defined using device and operating system agnostic attributes. Thus, the access profiles are not necessarily dependent or otherwise tied to any particular vendor or network OS. When a system administrator configures one or more service access points, the system administrator need only specify the vendor and network OS agnostic characteristics that are to be associated with the service access point. A configuration generator can generate vendor specific and/or network specific configuration commands and data from the vendor and network OS agnostic access profile attributes. The generated configuration commands and data can be provided to a network device hosting the service access point using a vendor specific and/or network OS specific configuration application program interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Atul S Moghe, Ankur Tandon, Supriya Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20220070081
    Abstract: Techniques are described in which a centralized controller, such as a software defined networking (SDN) controller, constructs a service chain that includes a physical network function (PNF) between a bare metal server (BMS) and a virtual execution element (e.g., virtual machine or container), or in some instances a remote BMS, or vice-versa. In accordance with the techniques disclosed herein, the controller may construct an inter-network service chain that includes PNFs, or a combination of PNFs and virtualized network functions (VNFs). The controller may construct an inter-network service chain to steer traffic between a BMS and a virtual execution element or remote BMS through an inter-network service chain using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) as an underlying transport technology through the service chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mahesh Sivakumar, Anantharamu Suryanarayana, Ankur Tandon
  • Publication number: 20210377164
    Abstract: Network controllers are described that enable creation of logical interconnects between logical routers of different, isolated virtual networks and for auto-generation and deployment of routing policies to control “leaking” of select routes amongst the different virtual networks. In one example, a network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to identify a source logical router of a first virtual network and a destination logical router of a second virtual network implemented on one or more physical devices of a switch fabric, form a policy defining one or more rules for controlling leaking of one or more of the routes through a logical router interconnect from the source logical router to the destination logical router, and push the policy to the one or more physical devices of the switch fabric for application to communications through the logical router interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Parag Sanghvi, Ankur Tandon, Jacopo Pianigiani, Atul S Moghe, Patrik Bok
  • Patent number: 11178041
    Abstract: Techniques are described in which a centralized controller, such as a software defined networking (SDN) controller, constructs a service chain that includes a physical network function (PNF) between a bare metal server (BMS) and a virtual execution element (e.g., virtual machine or container), or in some instances a remote BMS, or vice-versa. In accordance with the techniques disclosed herein, the controller may construct an inter-network service chain that includes PNFs, or a combination of PNFs and virtualized network functions (VNFs). The controller may construct an inter-network service chain to steer traffic between a BMS and a virtual execution element or remote BMS through an inter-network service chain using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) as an underlying transport technology through the service chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Sivakumar, Anantharamu Suryanarayana, Ankur Tandon
  • Publication number: 20210182888
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices. An example apparatus includes memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to access a first request, the first request from a user-controlled client device, the first request including an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media, in response to determining a user of the user-controlled client device is a panelist of a first server, store the over-the-top device identifier with demographics corresponding to the panelist, access a second request, the second request from the over-the-top device, the second request including the over-the-top device identifier and a media identifier, and log an impression associated with the media identifier and the demographics, the impression corresponding to the panelist of the first server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
  • Publication number: 20210144087
    Abstract: Virtual network controllers are described that automatically generate policies and configuration data for routing traffic through physical network function (PNF) service chains in a multi-tenant data center. An example network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to: automatically generate, for one or more integrated routing and bridging (IRB) units of corresponding virtual network forwarding tables of a switch of a switch fabric of a data center network, configuration information that, when deployed, causes the IRB units to direct data traffic conforming to multiple communication protocols and flowing over a plurality of virtual networks between a first set of server devices and a second set of server devices positioned outside of the switch fabric (i) toward a service device logically positioned outside of the switch fabric and coupled to the switch, and (ii) back from the service device into the switch fabric via the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Ankur Tandon, Vivekananda Shenoy, Jacopo Pianigiani, Abhinav Pandit
  • Patent number: 10937043
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices are disclosed. Example disclosed apparatus include a device identifier collector at a first server, the device identifier collector to: receive a first request initiated at a user-controlled client device, the first request including a client device identifier that identifies the user-controlled client device and an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media via a media presentation device, the over-the-top device different than the user-controlled client device; forward a mapping identifier and the client device identifier to a second server of a database proprietor, the mapping identifier associated with the over-the-top device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
  • Publication number: 20210058295
    Abstract: An access profile includes configuration characteristics that are defined using device and operating system agnostic attributes. Thus, the access profiles are not necessarily dependent or otherwise tied to any particular vendor or network OS. When a system administrator configures one or more service access points, the system administrator need only specify the vendor and network OS agnostic characteristics that are to be associated with the service access point. A configuration generator can generate vendor specific and/or network specific configuration commands and data from the vendor and network OS agnostic access profile attributes. The generated configuration commands and data can be provided to a network device hosting the service access point using a vendor specific and/or network OS specific configuration application program interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Atul S Moghe, Ankur Tandon, Supriya Sridhar
  • Patent number: 10897420
    Abstract: An example data center system includes server devices hosting data of a first tenant and a second tenant of the data center, network devices of an interconnected topology coupling the server devices including respective service virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) tables, and one or more service devices that communicatively couple the network devices, wherein the service devices include respective service VRF tables for the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices, and wherein the service devices apply services to network traffic flowing between the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices using the first service VRF table and the second service VRF table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Vivekananda Shenoy, Ankur Tandon, Atul S Moghe, Suresh K Balineni, Tong Jiang, Kiran N. Kasim, Sridevi JeevaRaj
  • Publication number: 20190355003
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices are disclosed. Example disclosed apparatus include a device identifier collector at a first server, the device identifier collector to: receive a first request initiated at a user-controlled client device, the first request including a client device identifier that identifies the user-controlled client device and an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media via a media presentation device, the over-the-top device different than the user-controlled client device; forward a mapping identifier and the client device identifier to a second server of a database proprietor, the mapping identifier associated with the over-the-top device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon