Patents by Inventor Stephen Croll

Stephen Croll 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).

  • Publication number: 20260270230
    Abstract: Systems and methods for method for mapping dynamic endpoints of a containerized workload cluster to maintain service coherency are described. The method can include receiving metadata for a plurality of applications; generating, using an identifier and an address of the metadata, a data map correlating each of the plurality of applications with a unique identification token, the data map comprising an entry for each task instance or service of an application of the plurality of applications; and transmitting the data map to a monitoring device configured to enrich received packets with unique identification tokens of the endpoints at the application level, such as using the unique identification tokens to assign synthetic internet protocol (IP) addresses for enriched packets comprising an outer packet encapsulating each of a plurality of received packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Applicant: NetScout Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Curtin, Yu Wang, Stephen Croll, Douglas Jenney, Darren Bensley