Patents by Inventor Somashekar S. V. Murthy

Somashekar S. V. Murthy 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 controlling double-ended soft permanent virtual circuit/path connections
    Patent number: 8909778
    Abstract: A method and apparatus control a double-ended soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC) connection coupling from a source end to a destination end via a communications network. The method includes (a) receiving an SPVC connection message from a first network device for the source end, (b) accepting an SPVC connection in accordance with the SPVC connection message if a second network device receiving the SPVC connection has an association with the first network device, and (c) rejecting the SPVC connection if the second network device does not have an association with the first network device. The network device for the destination end includes a database memory adapted to store an access identifier of at least one predetermined source network device from which the network device is allowed to accept an SPVC connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravind Sitaraman, Somashekar S V Murthy, Uma Mahesh Mudigonda
  • Method and Apparatus for Controlling Double-Ended Soft Permanent Virtual Circuit/Path Connections
    Publication number: 20110282994
    Abstract: A method and apparatus control a double-ended soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC) connection coupling from a source end to a destination end via a communications network. The method includes (a) receiving an SPVC connection message from a first network device for the source end, (b) accepting an SPVC connection in accordance with the SPVC connection message if a second network device receiving the SPVC connection has an association with the first network device, and (c) rejecting the SPVC connection if the second network device does not have an association with the first network device. The network device for the destination end includes a database memory adapted to store an access identifier of at least one predetermined source network device from which the network device is allowed to accept an SPVC connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Avarind Sitaraman, Somashekar S.V. Murthy, Uma Mahesh Mudigonda
  • Method and apparatus for controlling double-ended soft permanent virtual circuit/path connections
    Patent number: 8046463
    Abstract: A method and apparatus control a double-ended soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC) connection coupling from a source end to a destination end via a communications network. The method includes (a) receiving an SPVC connection message from a first network device for the source end, (b) accepting an SPVC connection in accordance with the SPVC connection message if a second network device receiving the SPVC connection has an association with the first network device, and (c) rejecting the SPVC connection if the second network device does not have an association with the first network device. The network device for the destination end includes a database memory adapted to store an access identifier of at least one predetermined source network device from which the network device is allowed to accept an SPVC connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravind Sitaraman, Somashekar S. V. Murthy, Uma Mahesh Mudigonda