Patents by Inventor Seán McCord

Seán McCord 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).

  • Building a mesh virtual private network (VPN) in a hybrid or multi-cloud cluster
    Patent number: 11968180
    Abstract: Devices, system and methods build a mesh virtual private network (VPN) in a hybrid cloud cluster having a private and a public cloud with connected network nodes. Each node has an operating system (OS) to discover nodes of the VPN by determining IP addresses and port addresses of the nodes from data received from discovery agents. An internal discovery agent of each of the nodes determines IP addresses and port addresses of the nodes. A node discovery agent located within a node determines IP addresses and port addresses of other nodes. An external discovery agent located outside the cluster determines IP addresses and port addresses of nodes. A VPN configuration data generator of the OS generates VPN configuration data of the clouds using the IP addresses and port addresses. A VPN builder of the OS builds a configuration of the VPN of the hybrid cluster using the VPN configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sidero Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Seán McCord
  • BUILDING A MESH VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) IN A HYBRID OR MULTI-CLOUD CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20230254284
    Abstract: Devices, system and methods build a mesh virtual private network (VPN) in a hybrid cloud cluster having a private and a public cloud with connected network nodes. Each node has an operating system (OS) to discover nodes of the VPN by determining IP addresses and port addresses of the nodes from data received from discovery agents. An internal discovery agent of each of the nodes determines IP addresses and port addresses of the nodes. A node discovery agent located within a node determines IP addresses and port addresses of other nodes. An external discovery agent located outside the cluster determines IP addresses and port addresses of nodes. A VPN configuration data generator of the OS generates VPN configuration data of the clouds using the IP addresses and port addresses. A VPN builder of the OS builds a configuration of the VPN of the hybrid cluster using the VPN configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Seán McCord