Patents by Inventor Balaji B. L.

Balaji B. L. 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).

  • Using neighbor discovery to create trust information for other applications
    Patent number: 10257161
    Abstract: Neighbor discovery is used to create a generic trust database for other applications. As part of the neighbor discovery, each device performs classification and validation of the credentials of the neighboring devices. The credentials and validation results are stored locally without having to perform a separate authentication step. The trust database is created and maintained as a neighbor table with the results of the validation. The generic trust database may then be consulted by other protocols. The neighbor discovery may use any of various underlying protocols, but the resulting table unifies the results such that other applications or protocols may take advantage of the secured identity without having to implement their own discovery process. Both discovery and validation may be implemented locally without relying on centralized servers. Manual configuration may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Balaji B. L., Yves Hertoghs, Michael Behringer, Steinthor Bjarnason
  • Automated control plane for limited user destruction
    Patent number: 9391959
    Abstract: To avoid user error and breaking operations, administration and management (OAM), the control plane for implementing OAM is automatically generated by network devices without user input. This control plane is hidden from the user, preventing any configuration that may bring down the connectivity for OAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steinthor Bjarnason, Michael Behringer, Yves Hertoghs, Toerless Eckert, Balaji B. L.
  • AUTOMATED CONTROL PLANE FOR LIMITED USER DESTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20140201516
    Abstract: To avoid user error and breaking operations, administration and management (OAM), the control plane for implementing OAM is automatically generated by network devices without user input. This control plane is hidden from the user, preventing any configuration that may bring down the connectivity for OAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Steinthor Bjarnason, Michael Behringer, Yves Hertoghs, Toerless Eckert, Balaji B. L.
  • USING NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY TO CREATE TRUST INFORMATION FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20130318570
    Abstract: Neighbor discovery is used to create a generic trust database for other applications. As part of the neighbor discovery, each device performs classification and validation of the credentials of the neighboring devices. The credentials and validation results are stored locally without having to perform a separate authentication step. The trust database is created and maintained as a neighbor table with the results of the validation. The generic trust database may then be consulted by other protocols. The neighbor discovery may use any of various underlying protocols, but the resulting table unifies the results such that other applications or protocols may take advantage of the secured identity without having to implement their own discovery process. Both discovery and validation may be implemented locally without relying on centralized servers. Manual configuration may be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Balaji B. L., Yves Hertoghs, Michael Behringer, Steinthor Bjarnason