Patents by Inventor Ram D. Singh

Ram D. Singh 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: 11113085
    Abstract: A method of defining a virtual network across a plurality of physical hosts is provided. At least two hosts utilize network virtualization software provided by two different vendors. Each host hosts a set of data compute nodes (DCNs) for one or more tenants. The method, at an agent at a host, receives a command from a network controller, the command includes (i) an identification a resource on a tenant logical network and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource. The method, at the agent, determines the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method, at the agent, translates the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method sends the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host to perform the action on the identified resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Bolt Zhang, Jianjun Shen, Jianwei Ma, Donghai Han, Ram D. Singh, Frank Pan
  • Publication number: 20170093754
    Abstract: A method of defining a virtual network across a plurality of physical hosts is provided. At least two hosts utilize network virtualization software provided by two different vendors. Each host hosts a set of data compute nodes (DCNs) for one or more tenants. The method, at an agent at a host, receives a command from a network controller, the command includes (i) an identification a resource on a tenant logical network and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource. The method, at the agent, determines the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method, at the agent, translates the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method sends the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host to perform the action on the identified resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Bolt Zhang, Jianjun Shen, Jianwei Ma, Donghai Han, Ram D. Singh, Frank Pan