Patents by Inventor Humberto J. La Roche, JR.

Humberto J. La Roche, JR. 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).

  • Conveying subscriber information to service chain services using tunnel protocol header encapsulation for mobile network applications in a network environment
    Patent number: 9398486
    Abstract: A method provided in one embodiment includes receiving, at a first network element, a first data packet of a data flow, wherein the data flow is associated with a subscriber. The method further includes receiving subscriber information associated with the subscriber, and encapsulating the subscriber information with the first data packet to form an encapsulated data packet. The method still further includes determining a service chain including one or more services to which the encapsulated data packet is to be forwarded, and forwarding the encapsulated data packet to the service chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Humberto J. La Roche, Jr., Hendrikus G.P. Bosch, James N. Guichard, Paul Quinn, Surendra M. Kumar, Kevin D. Shatzkamer
  • CONVEYING SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION TO SERVICE CHAIN SERVICES USING TUNNEL PROTOCOL HEADER ENCAPSULATION FOR MOBILE NETWORK APPLICATIONS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150358850
    Abstract: A method provided in one embodiment includes receiving, at a first network element, a first data packet of a data flow, wherein the data flow is associated with a subscriber. The method further includes receiving subscriber information associated with the subscriber, and encapsulating the subscriber information with the first data packet to form an encapsulated data packet. The method still further includes determining a service chain including one or more services to which the encapsulated data packet is to be forwarded, and forwarding the encapsulated data packet to the service chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Humberto J. La Roche, JR., Hendrikus G.P. Bosch, James N. Guichard, Paul Quinn, Surendra M. Kumar, Kevin D. Shatzkamer