Patents by Inventor Harish R. GAJULAPALLE

Harish R. GAJULAPALLE 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).

  • System and method for authorizing devices joining a network fabric
    Patent number: 9661022
    Abstract: A control unit that is configured to instruct a device to implement a limitation on a port and broadcast a controller address. The control unit is further configured to receive first identification information associated with a second device connected to the port from the device, the first identification information being addressed to the controller address. Additionally, the control unit is configured to establish a communication link with the second device through the device and the port, receive second identification information associated with the second device over the communication link, determine whether the second device is authorized based on a policy, determine whether the first identification information and second identification information match, and instruct the first device to remove the limitation on the port in response to determining that the second device is authorized and that the first identification information matches the second identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Arun Sarat Yerra, Harish R. Gajulapalle
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING DEVICES JOINING A NETWORK FABRIC
    Publication number: 20160315964
    Abstract: A control unit that is configured to instruct a device to implement a limitation on a port and broadcast a controller address. The control unit is further configured to receive first identification information associated with a second device connected to the port from the device, the first identification information being addressed to the controller address. Additionally, the control unit is configured to establish a communication link with the second device through the device and the port, receive second identification information associated with the second device over the communication link, determine whether the second device is authorized based on a policy, determine whether the first identification information and second identification information match, and instruct the first device to remove the limitation on the port in response to determining that the second device is authorized and that the first identification information matches the second identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Sudhir Vittal SHETTY, Arun Sarat YERRA, Harish R. GAJULAPALLE