Patents by Inventor Ed Kern

Ed Kern 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: 9918190
    Abstract: In an embodiment, presenting computer datacenter information comprises a server computer system that is coupled to a plurality of internetworking devices. The plurality of internetworking devices is configured to emit device location information. The server computer system receives the device location information from one or more internetworking devices, where the device location information is based on a particular proximity to a mobile computing device. The server computer system determines a geo-location and proximity of the mobile computing device relative to the one or more internetworking devices. The server computer system then selects device related information for a particular internetworking device, of the one or more internetworking devices, that has closest proximity to the determined geo-location of the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bourque, Joel Obstfeld, Ed Kern, Anoosh Hosseini
  • Patent number: 9722919
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a router located at an exit edge of an autonomous system (AS) receives a data packet in a data plane, and determines a destination of the data packet and an associated AS-path information to the destination. The router may then insert the AS-path information into the data packet, and forwards the data packet with the AS-path information toward the destination, such that a receiving device in a destination AS can validate whether the data packet was routed through a path that was secure from a control plane perspective based on a collection of one or more insertions of AS-path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roque Gagliano, Alvaro E. Retana, Keyur P. Patel, Burjiz F. Pithawala, Ed Kern, Carlos M. Pignataro
  • Publication number: 20160241996
    Abstract: In an embodiment, presenting computer datacenter information comprises a server computer system that is coupled to a plurality of internetworking devices. The plurality of internetworking devices is configured to emit device location information. The server computer system receives the device location information from one or more internetworking devices, where the device location information is based on a particular proximity to a mobile computing device. The server computer system determines a geo-location and proximity of the mobile computing device relative to the one or more internetworking devices. The server computer system then selects device related information for a particular internetworking device, of the one or more internetworking devices, that has closest proximity to the determined geo-location of the mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Bourque, Joel Obstfeld, Ed Kern, Anoosh Hosseini
  • Patent number: 9338080
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an edge router receives an update message from a neighboring EBGP edge router, creates a modified origin validation state extended community, prepares a modified update message by attaching the modified origin validation state extended community to the update message, and sends the modified update message to a route reflector. The route reflector receives the modified update message, performs a prefix origin validation and a path validation based on the information contained in the modified update message, prepares a validation message based on the prefix origin validation and path validation, and sends the validation message to the edge router and to all other neighboring IBGP edge routers. The edge routers receive the validation message from the route reflector, parse the validation message, and inherit a validation state parsed from the validation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Keyur P. Patel, Burjiz F. Pithawala, Ed Kern
  • Publication number: 20150207729
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a router located at an exit edge of an autonomous system (AS) receives a data packet in a data plane, and determines a destination of the data packet and an associated AS-path information to the destination. The router may then insert the AS-path information into the data packet, and forwards the data packet with the AS-path information toward the destination, such that a receiving device in a destination AS can validate whether the data packet was routed through a path that was secure from a control plane perspective based on a collection of one or more insertions of AS-path information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Roque Gagliano, Alvaro E. Retana, Keyur P. Patel, Burjiz F. Pithawala, Ed Kern, Carlos M. Pignataro
  • Publication number: 20140082216
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an edge router receives an update message from a neighboring EBGP edge router, creates a modified origin validation state extended community, prepares a modified update message by attaching the modified origin validation state extended community to the update message, and sends the modified update message to a route reflector. The route reflector receives the modified update message, performs a prefix origin validation and a path validation based on the information contained in the modified update message, prepares a validation message based on the prefix origin validation and path validation, and sends the validation message to the edge router and to all other neighboring IBGP edge routers. The edge routers receive the validation message from the route reflector, parse the validation message, and inherit a validation state parsed from the validation message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Keyur P. Patel, Burjiz F. Pithawala, Ed Kern