Patents by Inventor Hari Anil Kumar

Hari Anil Kumar 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).

  • Compacting traffic separation policies in campus networks
    Patent number: 12368695
    Abstract: A system for compacting traffic separation policies in campus networks, the system comprising an access layer switch and a campus border switch. The access layer switch is configured to receive a definition of one or more policies; responsive to receiving a packet, determine whether any of the policies apply to the packet; responsive to determining that none of the policies apply, cause a tag to be inserted into a communication header of the packet and forward the packet; and responsive to determining that one of the policies applies, forward or drop the packet according to the applicable policy and omit the tag. The campus border switch is configured to, responsive to receiving a packet from the access layer switch, determine whether the packet includes the tag, and responsive to determining that the packet includes the tag, apply a traffic separation policy associated with the tag to the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Vinayak Joshi, Venkata Varadhan Devarajan, Rajib Majila, Sathyanarayana Gopal, Hari Anil Kumar
  • COMPACTING TRAFFIC SEPARATION POLICIES IN CAMPUS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20240259346
    Abstract: A system for compacting traffic separation policies in campus networks, the system comprising an access layer switch and a campus border switch. The access layer switch is configured to receive a definition of one or more policies; responsive to receiving a packet, determine whether any of the policies apply to the packet; responsive to determining that none of the policies apply, cause a tag to be inserted into a communication header of the packet and forward the packet; and responsive to determining that one of the policies applies, forward or drop the packet according to the applicable policy and omit the tag. The campus border switch is configured to, responsive to receiving a packet from the access layer switch, determine whether the packet includes the tag, and responsive to determining that the packet includes the tag, apply a traffic separation policy associated with the tag to the packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Vinayak Joshi, Venkata Varadhan Devarajan, Rajib Majila, Sathyanarayana Gopal, Hari Anil Kumar