Patents by Inventor Rad Sethuraman

Rad Sethuraman 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).

  • Enabling mobile applications to acquire a MAC address for obtaining location information
    Patent number: 9509786
    Abstract: Techniques are presented to enable a network element in a network to receive a request from an application on a device, the request being encapsulated in a packet that includes a header that contains a physical layer identifier of the device to which the application does not have access. The physical layer identifier at the network element may be obtained. A response may be sent to the application on the device, the response containing at least one of the physical layer identifier of the device and location information of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil R. Diener, Jagdish Girimaji, Rad Sethuraman, Balachander Chandrasekaran, Ravi Akireddy
  • Enabling Mobile Applications to Acquire a MAC Address for Obtaining Location Information
    Publication number: 20160028837
    Abstract: Techniques are presented to enable a network element in a network to receive a request from an application on a device, the request being encapsulated in a packet that includes a header that contains a physical layer identifier of the device to which the application does not have access. The physical layer identifier at the network element may be obtained. A response may be sent to the application on the device, the response containing at least one of the physical layer identifier of the device and location information of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Neil R. Diener, Jagdish Girimaji, Rad Sethuraman, Balachander Chandrasekaran, Ravi Akireddy
  • Enabling mobile applications to acquire a MAC address for obtaining location information
    Patent number: 9225681
    Abstract: Techniques are presented to enable a network element in a network to receive a request from an application on a device, the request being encapsulated in a packet that includes a header that contains a physical layer identifier of the device to which the application does not have access. The physical layer identifier at the network element may be obtained. A response may be sent to the application on the device, the response containing at least one of the physical layer identifier of the device and location information of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil R. Diener, Jagdish Girimaji, Rad Sethuraman, Balachander Chandrasekaran, Ravi Akireddy
  • Enabling Mobile Applications to Acquire a MAC Address for Obtaining Location Information
    Publication number: 20150078402
    Abstract: Techniques are presented to enable a network element in a network to receive a request from an application on a device, the request being encapsulated in a packet that includes a header that contains a physical layer identifier of the device to which the application does not have access. The physical layer identifier at the network element may be obtained. A response may be sent to the application on the device, the response containing at least one of the physical layer identifier of the device and location information of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil R. Diener, Jagdish Girimaji, Rad Sethuraman, Balachander Chandrasekaran, Ravi Akireddy