Patents by Inventor Prabhu Seshachellam

Prabhu Seshachellam 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).

  • Deriving control plane connectivity during provisioning of a distributed control plane of a switch
    Patent number: 9571337
    Abstract: System and methods for deriving configuration information of network resources within a dynamically configured, distributed control plane are described. In one embodiment, the present invention can include a network management device that manages virtual network entities, such as virtual switch fabrics, where the network management device hosts a network management module. The network management module is configured to maintain identifiers for the virtual network entities and the control plane connectivity data of the network devices hosting the virtual network entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangwen Xu, Quaizar Vohra, Prabhu Seshachellam
  • Generic bridge packet tunneling
    Patent number: 7606229
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a packet is disclosed. The method includes identifying the packet as a generic bridge packet tunneling (GBPT) packet, and performing GBPT processing on the packet at a network node, if the packet is a GBPT packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco E. Foschiano, Sacidhar C. Nambakkam, Sushilkumar K. Goyal, Alagu Annaamalai, Shyamasundar S. Kaluve, Prabhu Seshachellam