Patents by Inventor Keith M. Bly

Keith M. Bly 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).

  • Flow based virtual network function orchestration
    Patent number: 9860164
    Abstract: A method for computing device management includes receiving a first incoming packet by a first computing device, analyzing the first incoming packet to identify a virtual network function (VNF) needed to process the first incoming packet, transmitting, to a software defined network controller and in response to the first incoming packet, an orchestration request requesting to orchestrate the VNF on the first computing device, and orchestrating the VNF on the first computing device. The method further includes processing a second incoming packet using the VNF on the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani, Keith M. Bly, Kyle Gosselin-Harris
  • FLOW BASED VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION ORCHESTRATION
    Publication number: 20170214608
    Abstract: A method for computing device management includes receiving a first incoming packet by a first computing device, analyzing the first incoming packet to identify a virtual network function (VNF) needed to process the first incoming packet, transmitting, to a software defined network controller and in response to the first incoming packet, an orchestration request requesting to orchestrate the VNF on the first computing device, and orchestrating the VNF on the first computing device. The method further includes processing a second incoming packet using the VNF on the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani, Keith M. Bly, Kyle Gosselin-Harris