Patents by Inventor Elton Furtado

Elton Furtado 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 SERVICE PLANES TO PERFORM SERVICES AT THE EDGE OF A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20240015097
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide novel methods for providing a set of services for a logical network associated with an edge forwarding element acting between a logical network and an external network. In some embodiments, the services are provided using a logical service forwarding plane that connects the edge forwarding element to a set of service nodes that each provide a service in the set of services. The service classification operation of some embodiments identifies a chain of multiple service operations that has to be performed on the data message. In some embodiments, identifying the chain of service operations includes selecting a service path to provide the multiple services. After selecting the service path, the data message is sent along the selected service path to have the services provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Pierluigi Rolando, Jayant Jain, Raju Koganty, Kantesh Mundaragi, Yuxiao Zhang, Rahul Mishra, Akhila Naveen, Elton Furtado
  • Using service planes to perform services at the edge of a network
    Patent number: 11792112
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide novel methods for providing a set of services for a logical network associated with an edge forwarding element acting between a logical network and an external network. In some embodiments, the services are provided using a logical service forwarding plane that connects the edge forwarding element to a set of service nodes that each provide a service in the set of services. The service classification operation of some embodiments identifies a chain of multiple service operations that has to be performed on the data message. In some embodiments, identifying the chain of service operations includes selecting a service path to provide the multiple services. After selecting the service path, the data message is sent along the selected service path to have the services provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Pierluigi Rolando, Jayant Jain, Raju Koganty, Kantesh Mundaragi, Yuxiao Zhang, Rahul Mishra, Akhila Naveen, Elton Furtado
  • USING SERVICE PLANES TO PERFORM SERVICES AT THE EDGE OF A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20210314423
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide novel methods for providing a set of services for a logical network associated with an edge forwarding element acting between a logical network and an external network. In some embodiments, the services are provided using a logical service forwarding plane that connects the edge forwarding element to a set of service nodes that each provide a service in the set of services. The service classification operation of some embodiments identifies a chain of multiple service operations that has to be performed on the data message. In some embodiments, identifying the chain of service operations includes selecting a service path to provide the multiple services. After selecting the service path, the data message is sent along the selected service path to have the services provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Pierluigi Rolando, Jayant Jain, Raju Koganty, Kantesh Mundaragi, Yuxiao Zhang, Rahul Mishra, Akhila Naveen, Elton Furtado