Patents by Inventor Sameer Dilip MERCHANT

Sameer Dilip MERCHANT 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: 12299405
    Abstract: For a seamless and robust artificial intelligence-based assistant experience, an intent-based query and response router has been designed to operate as an intelligent layer between a user and multiple backend services that may respond to one or more queries over the course of a conversation with the user. The query router interacts with an intent classification service to obtain an intent classification for a prompt that is based on a user query. The query router uses the intent classification, which is used as an identifier of a backend service, to route the user query to an appropriate one (or more) of the backend services. When a response is detected, the query router determines a corresponding conversation and provides the response for the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan, Sameer Dilip Merchant, Gaurav Sharma
  • Publication number: 20250068857
    Abstract: For a seamless and robust artificial intelligence-based assistant experience, an intent-based query and response router has been designed to operate as an intelligent layer between a user and multiple backend services that may respond to one or more queries over the course of a conversation with the user. The query router interacts with an intent classification service to obtain an intent classification for a prompt that is based on a user query. The query router uses the intent classification, which is used as an identifier of a backend service, to route the user query to an appropriate one (or more) of the backend services. When a response is detected, the query router determines a corresponding conversation and provides the response for the conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan, Sameer Dilip Merchant, Gaurav Sharma
  • Patent number: 11893358
    Abstract: For a seamless and robust artificial intelligence-based assistant experience, an intent-based query and response router has been designed to operate as an intelligent layer between a user and multiple backend services that may respond to one or more queries over the course of a conversation with the user. The query router interacts with an intent classification service to obtain an intent classification for a prompt that is based on a user query. The query router uses the intent classification, which is used as an identifier of a backend service, to route the user query to an appropriate one (or more) of the backend services. When a response is detected, the query router determines a corresponding conversation and provides the response for the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan, Sameer Dilip Merchant, Gaurav Sharma
  • Patent number: 10530712
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a reflexive access control list (ACL) on a virtual switch are provided. Embodiments receive a first packet corresponding to a first network flow and a second packet corresponding to a second network flow. Upon determining that a SYN flag is set within the first packet, a first entry is created in the reflexive ACL for the first network flow. Upon determining that the first packet was received over a client port of the first physical switch, the first packet is forwarded to a second physical switch within virtual switch. Upon determining that the second packet has a SYN flag enabled, a second entry is created in the reflexive ACL. Finally, upon determining that the second packet was received from the second physical switch, the second packet is forwarded over an uplink port to a destination defined by the second packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Dilip Merchant, Sarang Dharmapurikar, Praveen Jain
  • Publication number: 20180167338
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a reflexive access control list (ACL) on a virtual switch are provided. Embodiments receive a first packet corresponding to a first network flow and a second packet corresponding to a second network flow. Upon determining that a SYN flag is set within the first packet, a first entry is created in the reflexive ACL for the first network flow. Upon determining that the first packet was received over a client port of the first physical switch, the first packet is forwarded to a second physical switch within virtual switch. Upon determining that the second packet has a SYN flag enabled, a second entry is created in the reflexive ACL. Finally, upon determining that the second packet was received from the second physical switch, the second packet is forwarded over an uplink port to a destination defined by the second packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sameer Dilip MERCHANT, Sarang DHARMAPURIKAR, Praveen JAIN