Patents by Inventor Rahul Gopi

Rahul Gopi 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).

  • Method and apparatus for enforcing storage encryption for data stored in a cloud
    Patent number: 9742738
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing a request to store at least a first piece of data. The request to store the first piece of data is a request to store the first piece of data in a first encrypted form on a cloud associated with the cloud application provider. The method also includes determining whether the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data, and providing the first piece of data to the cloud application provider if it is determined that the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data. If it is determined that the cloud application provider is not capable of encrypting the first piece of data, the method further includes encrypting the first piece of data to create the first encrypted form and providing the first encrypted form to the cloud application provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raja Suresh Krishna Balakrishnan, Vineet Bhan, Rahul Gopi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENFORCING STORAGE ENCRYPTION FOR DATA STORED IN A CLOUD
    Publication number: 20150365382
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing a request to store at least a first piece of data. The request to store the first piece of data is a request to store the first piece of data in a first encrypted form on a cloud associated with the cloud application provider. The method also includes determining whether the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data, and providing the first piece of data to the cloud application provider if it is determined that the cloud application provider is capable of encrypting the first piece of data. If it is determined that the cloud application provider is not capable of encrypting the first piece of data, the method further includes encrypting the first piece of data to create the first encrypted form and providing the first encrypted form to the cloud application provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Raja Suresh Krishna Balakrishnan, Vineet Bhan, Rahul Gopi