Patents by Inventor Ellen Christine Scheib
Ellen Christine Scheib 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: 11936663Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11637762Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically discovering applications/clusters in a network and mapping dependencies between the applications/clusters. A network monitoring system can capture network flow data using sensors executing on physical and/or virtual servers of the network and sensors executing on networking devices connected to the servers. The system can determine a graph including nodes, representing at least the servers, and edges, between pairs of the nodes of the graph indicating the network flow data includes one or more observed flows between pairs of the servers represented by the pairs of the nodes. The system can determine a dependency map, including representations of clusters of the servers and representations of dependencies between the clusters, based on the graph. The system can display a first representation of a first cluster of the dependency map and information indicating a confidence level of identifying the first cluster.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ellen Christine Scheib, Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Publication number: 20230118563Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11528283Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 11405291Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for generating a communication graph of a network using an application dependency mapping (ADM) pipeline. In one aspect of the disclosure, the method comprises receiving network data (e.g., flow data and process information at each node) from a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of nodes of the network, determining a plurality of vectors and an initial graph of the plurality of nodes based upon the network data, determining similarities between the plurality of vectors, clustering the plurality of vectors into a plurality of clustered vectors based upon the similarities between the plurality of vectors, and generating a communication graph of the network system based upon the plurality of clustered vectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Omid Madani, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav
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Publication number: 20220116292Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for mapping application dependency information. The present technology relates techniques that enable user-adjustable application dependency mapping of a network system. By collecting internal network data using various sensors in conjunction with external user inputs, the present technology can provide optimized application dependency mapping using user inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Navindra Yadav, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 11252058Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for mapping application dependency information. The present technology relates techniques that enable user-adjustable application dependency mapping of a network system. By collecting internal network data using various sensors in conjunction with external user inputs, the present technology can provide optimized application dependency mapping using user inputs.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Navindra Yadav, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Publication number: 20210176145Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically discovering applications/clusters in a network and mapping dependencies between the applications/clusters. A network monitoring system can capture network flow data using sensors executing on physical and/or virtual servers of the network and sensors executing on networking devices connected to the servers. The system can determine a graph including nodes, representing at least the servers, and edges, between pairs of the nodes of the graph indicating the network flow data includes one or more observed flows between pairs of the servers represented by the pairs of the nodes. The system can determine a dependency map, including representations of clusters of the servers and representations of dependencies between the clusters, based on the graph. The system can display a first representation of a first cluster of the dependency map and information indicating a confidence level of identifying the first cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Ellen Christine Scheib, Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10917319Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically discovering applications/clusters in a network and mapping dependencies between the applications/clusters. A network monitoring system can capture network flow data using sensors executing on physical and/or virtual servers of the network and sensors executing on networking devices connected to the servers. The system can determine a graph including nodes, representing at least the servers, and edges, between pairs of the nodes of the graph indicating the network flow data includes one or more observed flows between pairs of the servers represented by the pairs of the nodes. The system can determine a dependency map, including representations of clusters of the servers and representations of dependencies between the clusters, based on the graph. The system can display a first representation of a first cluster of the dependency map and information indicating a confidence level of identifying the first cluster.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ellen Christine Scheib, Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10797973Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether a node in a network is a server or a client. In some examples, a system can collect, from one or more sensors that monitor at least part of data traffic being transmitted via a pair of nodes in a network, information of the data traffic. The system can analyze attributes of the data traffic such as timing, port magnitude, degree of communication, historical data, etc. Based on analysis results and a predetermined rule associated with the attributes, the system can determine which node of the pair of nodes is a client and which node is a server.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Publication number: 20200304523Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 10728119Abstract: Application dependency mapping (ADM) can be automated in a network. The network can determine whether certain nodes form a cluster of a tier of an application. The network can monitor network data and process data for traffic passing through the network using a sensor network that provides multiple perspectives for the traffic. The network can analyze the network data and process data to determine respective feature vectors for nodes. A feature vector may represent a combination of the features corresponding to the network data and the features corresponding to the process data of a node. The network can compare the similarity of the respective feature vectors and determine each node's cluster based on similarity measures between nodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10686804Abstract: An example method includes detecting, using sensors, packets throughout a datacenter. The sensors can then send packet logs to various collectors which can then identify and summarize data flows in the datacenter. The collectors can then send flow logs to an analytics module which can identify the status of the datacenter and detect an attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Shashidhar Gandham, Ellen Christine Scheib, Omid Madani, Ali Parandehgheibi, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Michael Standish Watts, Hoang Viet Nguyen, Khawar Deen, Rohit Chandra Prasad, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Anubhav Gupta, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Roberto Fernando Spadaro, Hai Trong Vu, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Shih-Chun Chang, Bharathwaj Sankara Viswanathan, Fnu Rachita Agasthy, Duane Thomas Barlow
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Patent number: 10623284Abstract: An example method can include monitoring a network to identify flows between nodes in the network. Once flows have been identified, the flows can be tagged and labelled according to the type of traffic they represent. If a flow represents malicious or otherwise undesirable traffic, it can be tagged accordingly. A request can then be made for a reputation score of an entity which can identify one or more nodes of the network.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Omid Madani, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Khawar Deen, Ellen Christine Scheib
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Publication number: 20200112494Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether a node in a network is a server or a client. In some examples, a system can collect, from one or more sensors that monitor at least part of data traffic being transmitted via a pair of nodes in a network, information of the data traffic. The system can analyze attributes of the data traffic such as timing, port magnitude, degree of communication, historical data, etc. Based on analysis results and a predetermined rule associated with the attributes, the system can determine which node of the pair of nodes is a client and which node is a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10516585Abstract: This disclosure generally relate to a method and system for mapping network information. The present technology relates techniques that enable full-scale, dynamic network mapping of a network system. By collecting network and computing data using built-in sensors, the present technology can provide network information for system monitoring and maintenance. According to some embodiments, the present technology enables generating and displaying of network connections and data processing statistics related to numerous nodes in a network. The present technology provides useful insights and actionable knowledge for network monitoring, security, and maintenance, via intelligently summarizing and effectively displaying the complex network communications and processes of a network.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10505827Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether a node in a network is a server or a client. In some examples, a system can collect, from one or more sensors that monitor at least part of data traffic being transmitted via a pair of nodes in a network, information of the data traffic. The system can analyze attributes of the data traffic such as timing, port magnitude, degree of communication, historical data, etc. Based on analysis results and a predetermined rule associated with the attributes, the system can determine which node of the pair of nodes is a client and which node is a server.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Publication number: 20190306035Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically discovering applications/clusters in a network and mapping dependencies between the applications/clusters. A network monitoring system can capture network flow data using sensors executing on physical and/or virtual servers of the network and sensors executing on networking devices connected to the servers. The system can determine a graph including nodes, representing at least the servers, and edges, between pairs of the nodes of the graph indicating the network flow data includes one or more observed flows between pairs of the servers represented by the pairs of the nodes. The system can determine a dependency map, including representations of clusters of the servers and representations of dependencies between the clusters, based on the graph. The system can display a first representation of a first cluster of the dependency map and information indicating a confidence level of identifying the first cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Ellen Christine Scheib, Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10326672Abstract: Application dependency mapping (ADM) can be automated in a network. The network can determine an optimum number of clusters for the network using the minimum description length principle (MDL). The network can capture network and associated data using a sensor network that provides multiple perspectives and generate a graph therefrom. The nodes of the graph can include sources, destinations, and destination ports identified in the captured data, and the edges of the graph can include observed flows from the sources to the destinations at the destination ports. Each clustering can be evaluated according to an MDL score. The optimum number of clusters for the network may correspond to the number of clusters of the clustering associated with the minimum MDL score.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ellen Christine Scheib, Ali Parandehgheibi, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10305757Abstract: An example method can include monitoring a network to identify flows between nodes in the network. Once flows have been identified, the flows can be tagged and labelled according to the type of traffic they represent. If a flow represents malicious or otherwise undesirable traffic, it can be tagged accordingly. A request can then be made for a reputation score of an entity which can identify one or more nodes of the network.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Navindra Yadav, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh Rao, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, Omid Madani, Jackson Ngoc Ki Pang, Khawar Deen, Ellen Christine Scheib