Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul Herbert

Kevin Paul Herbert 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).

  • Methods for exchanging network management messages using UDP over HTTP protocol
    Patent number: 10110714
    Abstract: A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Clifford A. Frey, John Bicket, Kevin Paul Herbert, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Benjamin A. Chambers
  • METHODS FOR EXCHANGING NETWORK MANAGEMENT MESSAGES USING UDP OVER HTTP PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20160094688
    Abstract: A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Clifford A. Frey, John Bicket, Kevin Paul Herbert, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Benjamin A. Chambers
  • Methods for exchanging network management messages using UDP over HTTP protocol
    Patent number: 9215131
    Abstract: A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Clifford A. Frey, John Bicket, Kevin Paul Herbert, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Benjamin A. Chambers
  • METHODS FOR EXCHANGING NETWORK MANAGEMENT MESSAGES USING UDP OVER HTTP PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20140006481
    Abstract: A network access device (NAD) receives a UDP packet from a client to be transmitted to a management server over Internet, the UDP packet including a management message. The NAD is one of NADs managed by the management server. The NAD determines whether the management server is reachable using a UDP protocol. The NAD transmits the UDP packet to the management server using the UDP protocol over the Internet if it is determined that the management server is reachable using the UDP protocol. Otherwise, the NAD extracts a UDP payload from the UDP packet, encapsulates the UDP payload within an HTTP POST request, and transmits the HTTP POST request having the UDP payload encapsulated therein to the management server using a HTTP protocol over the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Clifford A. Frey, John Bicket, Kevin Paul Herbert, Varun Sagar Malhotra, Benjamin A. Chambers