Patents by Inventor Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai

Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai 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).

  • Patent number: 11838325
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for elastic policy scaling in multi-cloud fabrics. A method can involve deploying a cluster of policy agents on a hub virtual private cloud (VPC) that interconnects spoke VPCs in a cloud associated with a multi-cloud fabric, and mapping endpoints in the spoke VPCs to the policy agents. The method can involve distributing groups of policies for the endpoints across the policy agents based on the mapping of endpoints to policy agents, and advertising, by each policy agent to a respective first set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs, routes associated with endpoints mapped to the policy agent and preventing the policy agent from advertising routes associated with a second set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs. The method can involve applying, via the policy agent, a group of policies on the policy agent to traffic received by the policy agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Prashanth Matety, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Patent number: 11582100
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Patent number: 11405427
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for orchestrating policies across multiple networking domains. The technology can receive, at a provider domain from a consumer domain, a data request; receive, at the provider domain from the consumer domain, at least one access policy for the consumer domain; translate, at the provider domain, the at least one access policy for the consumer domain into at least one translated access policy understood by the provider domain; apply, at the provider domain, the at least one translated access policy understood by the provider domain to the data request; and send, at the provider domain to the consumer domain, a response to the data request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ronak K. Desai, Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Azeem Suleman, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai, Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Victor Manuel Moreno
  • Publication number: 20220239559
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Patent number: 11329876
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20220046061
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for elastic policy scaling in multi-cloud fabrics. A method can involve deploying a cluster of policy agents on a hub virtual private cloud (VPC) that interconnects spoke VPCs in a cloud associated with a multi-cloud fabric, and mapping endpoints in the spoke VPCs to the policy agents. The method can involve distributing groups of policies for the endpoints across the policy agents based on the mapping of endpoints to policy agents, and advertising, by each policy agent to a respective first set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs, routes associated with endpoints mapped to the policy agent and preventing the policy agent from advertising routes associated with a second set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs. The method can involve applying, via the policy agent, a group of policies on the policy agent to traffic received by the policy agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Prashanth Matety, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Patent number: 11165828
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for policy splitting in multi-cloud fabrics. In some examples, a method can include discovering a path from a first endpoint in a first cloud to a second endpoint in a second cloud; determining runtime policy table capacities associated with nodes in the path; determining policy distribution and enforcement for traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint based on the runtime policy table capacities; based on the policy distribution and enforcement, installing a set of policies for traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint across a set of nodes in the path; and applying the set of policies to traffic from the first endpoint in the first cloud to the second endpoint in the second cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Ronak K. Desai, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Azeem Suleman, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Patent number: 11159569
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for elastic policy scaling in multi-cloud fabrics. A method can involve deploying a cluster of policy agents on a hub virtual private cloud (VPC) that interconnects spoke VPCs in a cloud associated with a multi-cloud fabric, and mapping endpoints in the spoke VPCs to the policy agents. The method can involve distributing groups of policies for the endpoints across the policy agents based on the mapping of endpoints to policy agents, and advertising, by each policy agent to a respective first set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs, routes associated with endpoints mapped to the policy agent and preventing the policy agent from advertising routes associated with a second set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs. The method can involve applying, via the policy agent, a group of policies on the policy agent to traffic received by the policy agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Prashanth Matety, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20210258216
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20210234898
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for orchestrating policies across multiple networking domains. The technology can receive, at a provider domain from a consumer domain, a data request; receive, at the provider domain from the consumer domain, at least one access policy for the consumer domain; translate, at the provider domain, the at least one access policy for the consumer domain into at least one translated access policy understood by the provider domain; apply, at the provider domain, the at least one translated access policy understood by the provider domain to the data request; and send, at the provider domain to the consumer domain, a response to the data request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ronak K. Desai, Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Azeem Suleman, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai, Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Victor Manuel Moreno
  • Patent number: 11057350
    Abstract: Technologies for extending a subnet across on-premises and cloud-based deployments are provided. An example method may include creating a VPC in a cloud for hosting an endpoint being moved from an on-premises site. For the endpoint to retain its IP address, a subnet range assigned to the VPC, based on the smallest subnet mask allowed by the cloud, is selected to include the IP address of the endpoint. The IP addresses from the assigned subnet range corresponding to on-premises endpoints are configured as secondary IP addresses on a Layer 2 (L2) proxy router instantiated in the VPC. The L2 proxy router establishes a tunnel to a cloud overlay router and directs traffic destined to on-premises endpoints, with IP addresses in the VPC subnet range thereto for outbound transmission. The cloud overly router updates the secondary IP addresses on the L2 proxy router based on reachability information for the on-premises site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Azeem Suleman, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai, Ronak K. Desai
  • Patent number: 11012299
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20200382471
    Abstract: Technologies for extending a subnet across on-premises and cloud-based deployments are provided. An example method may include creating a VPC in a cloud for hosting an endpoint being moved from an on-premises site. For the endpoint to retain its IP address, a subnet range assigned to the VPC, based on the smallest subnet mask allowed by the cloud, is selected to include the IP address of the endpoint. The IP addresses from the assigned subnet range corresponding to on-premises endpoints are configured as secondary IP addresses on a Layer 2 (L2) proxy router instantiated in the VPC. The L2 proxy router establishes a tunnel to a cloud overlay router and directs traffic destined to on-premises endpoints, with IP addresses in the VPC subnet range thereto for outbound transmission. The cloud overly router updates the secondary IP addresses on the L2 proxy router based on reachability information for the on-premises site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Azeem Suleman, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai, Ronak K. Desai
  • Publication number: 20200280587
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for policy splitting in multi-cloud fabrics. In some examples, a method can include discovering a path from a first endpoint in a first cloud to a second endpoint in a second cloud; determining runtime policy table capacities associated with nodes in the path; determining policy distribution and enforcement for traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint based on the runtime policy table capacities; based on the policy distribution and enforcement, installing a set of policies for traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint across a set of nodes in the path; and applying the set of policies to traffic from the first endpoint in the first cloud to the second endpoint in the second cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Ronak K. Desai, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Mohammed Javed Asghar, Azeem Suleman, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20200235990
    Abstract: Technologies for multi-cloud routing and policy interconnectivity are provided. An example method can include assigning different sets of data plane routers to data plane traffic associated with different address spaces in a cloud site of a multi-cloud fabric to yield a distributed mapping of data plane traffic and data plane routers. The method can further include providing, to an on-premises site in the multi-cloud fabric, routing entries from a control plane router on the cloud site, the routing entries reflecting the distributed mapping and identifying, for each address space, which data plane router handles data plane traffic for that address space; and when a data plane router is deployed at the cloud site, providing, to the on-premises site, updated routing information from the control plane router, the updated routing information identifying the data plane router as a next hop for data plane traffic associated with a respective address space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Gianluca Mardente, Giovanni Meo, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai
  • Publication number: 20200059492
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for elastic policy scaling in multi-cloud fabrics. A method can involve deploying a cluster of policy agents on a hub virtual private cloud (VPC) that interconnects spoke VPCs in a cloud associated with a multi-cloud fabric, and mapping endpoints in the spoke VPCs to the policy agents. The method can involve distributing groups of policies for the endpoints across the policy agents based on the mapping of endpoints to policy agents, and advertising, by each policy agent to a respective first set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs, routes associated with endpoints mapped to the policy agent and preventing the policy agent from advertising routes associated with a second set of virtual gateways in the spoke VPCs. The method can involve applying, via the policy agent, a group of policies on the policy agent to traffic received by the policy agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Sivakumar Ganapathy, Prashanth Matety, Patel Amitkumar Valjibhai