Patents by Inventor Patrick Douglas Verkaik
Patrick Douglas Verkaik 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).
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Patent number: 11792866Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20230025751Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Patent number: 11497068Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Patent number: 11497067Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20210212135Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20210195667Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20210168884Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Patent number: 10917926Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Patent number: 10779339Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for wireless roaming are disclosed. An access point receives a communication request from a wireless device and determines a home broadcast domain associated with the wireless device. The access point determines that the home broadcast domain is different than the broadcast domain associated with the access point and proceeds to identify a second access point that is associated with the home broadcast domain of the wireless device. The access point establishes a tunnel between the access point and the second access point for routing traffic associated with the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Asa Daniel Zernik, Jignesh Devji Patel, Nebojsa Milosavljevic, Clifford A. Frey
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Patent number: 10715352Abstract: A source node can append a unique identifier to an outbound client packet, transmit the outbound client packet to a recipient node via a port, and create a transmission record including: the unique identifier, a time stamp of the outbound client packet, and an identifier for the port. The source node can receive an inbound client packet that is appended with the unique identifier and a delta time indicating an amount of elapsed time between the recipient node receiving the outbound client packet and the recipient node transmitting the inbound client packet. The source node can determine a performance level of a VPN tunnel provided by the port based on the time stamp value of the outbound client packet, the delta time, and a time stamp value of the inbound client packet indicating a time at which the inbound client packet was received by the source node.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Timothy J. Passaro
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Patent number: 10623251Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein provide private network driven hosted network device management that enables more robust management of private networks that include such equipment. For example, in some implementations, a method of private network driven hosted network device management includes receiving a fetch request from a compliant device, wherein the fetch request indicates demand for at least one of new and updated configuration data and instructions. In turn, the method further includes assessing whether or not the new and updated configuration data and instructions, for the requesting compliant device, will conflict with local customizations and indicate potential disruption to connectivity and services in an associated private network, in order to produce an assessment result. The method also includes selectively generating a new configuration file including a suitable set of new and updated configuration data and instructions based on the assessment result.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Joel Feinstein, Justin Joel Delegard, Adam Weis, Robert Tristan Shanks, Dan Aguayo, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Dylan Jason Koenig, Jacob Corr Valentic, Arthur Po-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 10374828Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses that involve a first device selecting a data tunnel for sending packets of a determined network traffic type to another device. For example, in some implementations, a method includes a first device receiving a first group of packets for forwarding to a second device. The method includes the first device retrieving packet-forwarding rules for forwarding the first group of packets, and selecting a first private network data tunnel from a plurality of private network data tunnels between the first device and the second device, for forwarding a first packet of the first group of packets, based on satisfaction of the retrieved packet-forwarding rules. A respective private network data tunnel is associated with a respective uplink of a plurality of uplinks of the first network device. The first private network data tunnel is associated with a first uplink of the first device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20190196921Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for high availability and failover. A device obtains an external identity designated for a set of devices on a network, the set of devices comprising the device and a second device, and the external identity comprising public address settings which the set of devices can use when in live mode to communicate with devices outside of the network. While the device is in failover mode and the second device is in live mode, the device listens for heartbeat messages transmitted from the second device. Next, the device detects a failover event when a predetermined number of heartbeat messages have not been received by the device. In response to the failover event, the device then changes from failover mode to live mode and assumes the external identity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Robert Tristan Shanks
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Publication number: 20190182076Abstract: A source node can append a unique identifier to an outbound client packet, transmit the outbound client packet to a recipient node via a port, and create a transmission record including: the unique identifier, a time stamp of the outbound client packet, and an identifier for the port. The source node can receive an inbound client packet that is appended with the unique identifier and a delta time indicating an amount of elapsed time between the recipient node receiving the outbound client packet and the recipient node transmitting the inbound client packet. The source node can determine a performance level of a VPN tunnel provided by the port based on the time stamp value of the outbound client packet, the delta time, and a time stamp value of the inbound client packet indicating a time at which the inbound client packet was received by the source node.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Timothy J. Passaro
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Patent number: 10298672Abstract: Previous solutions to the problem of maintaining up-to-date network device addressing, fail to provide systems or processes that efficiently share and obtain addressing information of networking devices in a given network. By contrast, and to that end, various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses that generate a registry request message, where the registry request message includes a first portion characterized by a first write privilege and a second portion characterized by a second write privilege different from the first write privilege. The systems, methods and apparatuses convey the registry request message to a shared contact point network entity, and obtain a response message addressed from the shared contact point network entity, where the response message includes peer addressing information corresponding to one or more peer network devices associated with the aforementioned systems, methods and apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Publication number: 20190141761Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig
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Patent number: 10230543Abstract: A source node can append a unique identifier to an outbound client packet, transmit the outbound client packet to a recipient node via a port, and create a transmission record including: the unique identifier, a time stamp of the outbound client packet, and an identifier for the port. The source node can receive an inbound client packet that is appended with the unique identifier and a delta time indicating an amount of elapsed time between the recipient node receiving the outbound client packet and the recipient node transmitting the inbound client packet. The source node can determine a performance level of a VPN tunnel provided by the port based on the time stamp value of the outbound client packet, the delta time, and a time stamp value of the inbound client packet indicating a time at which the inbound client packet was received by the source node.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Timothy J. Passaro
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Patent number: 10061664Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for high availability and failover. A device obtains an external identity designated for a set of devices on a network, the set of devices comprising the device and a second device, and the external identity comprising public address settings which the set of devices can use when in live mode to communicate with devices outside of the network. While the device is in failover mode and the second device is in live mode, the device listens for heartbeat messages transmitted from the second device. Next, the device detects a failover event when a predetermined number of heartbeat messages have not been received by the device. In response to the failover event, the device then changes from failover mode to live mode and assumes the external identity.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Robert Tristan Shanks
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Publication number: 20180227969Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for wireless roaming are disclosed. An access point receives a communication request from a wireless device and determines a home broadcast domain associated with the wireless device. The access point determines that the home broadcast domain is different than the broadcast domain associated with the access point and proceeds to identify a second access point that is associated with the home broadcast domain of the wireless device. The access point establishes a tunnel between the access point and the second access point for routing traffic associated with the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Asa Daniel Zernik, Jignesh Devji Patel, Nebojsa Milosavljevic, Clifford A. Frey
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Patent number: 9980303Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods and apparatuses of a first device, that obtain contact point information of a second device associated with the first device, as a peer device in a private network, where the contact point information of the second device includes one or more peer uplink identifiers and each respective peer uplink identifier corresponds to a respective peer device uplink of the second device. The systems, methods and apparatuses establish a first private network data tunnel from a first uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a first uplink identifier associated with the first uplink, and establish a second private network data tunnel from a second uplink of the first device to the second device, using the contact point information of the second device, and a second uplink identifier associated with the second uplink.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Robert Tristan Shanks, Jignesh Devji Patel, Patrick Douglas Verkaik, Selahattin Daghan Altas, Joseph Morgan Aronow, Justin Delegard, Dylan Jason Koenig