Patents by Inventor Steve Gorretta
Steve Gorretta 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).
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Patent number: 9565091Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping aType: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta
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Patent number: 9491079Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management computer, receiving, from a gateway located in a managed network, device information about devices in the managed network; for a particular device: determining a match between the device capabilities of the particular device and features of a particular network software application configured to control the particular device, and determining a particular protocol endpoint configured to communicate control instructions from the particular network software application to the particular device; receiving, from the gateway, aggregated data that reflects network utilization by the devices located in the managed network; for the particular device: based at least in part on the aggregated data, using the particular network software application, determining control instructions for the particular device; causing the particular protocol endpoint to transmit the conType: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Landon Gentry, Steve Gorretta, Alan Jeddeloh, Zachary Pitts, David Rostron
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Publication number: 20160080232Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management computer, receiving, from a gateway located in a managed network, device information about devices in the managed network; for a particular device: determining a match between the device capabilities of the particular device and features of a particular network software application configured to control the particular device, and determining a particular protocol endpoint configured to communicate control instructions from the particular network software application to the particular device; receiving, from the gateway, aggregated data that reflects network utilization by the devices located in the managed network; for the particular device: based at least in part on the aggregated data, using the particular network software application, determining control instructions for the particular device; causing the particular protocol endpoint to transmit the conType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Landon Gentry, Steve Gorretta, Alan Jeddeloh, Zachary Pitts, David Rostron
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Patent number: 9253066Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management computer, receiving, from a gateway located in a managed network, device information about devices in the managed network; for a particular device: determining a match between the device capabilities of the particular device and features of a particular network software application configured to control the particular device, and determining a particular protocol endpoint configured to communicate control instructions from the particular network software application to the particular device; receiving, from the gateway, aggregated data that reflects network utilization by the devices located in the managed network; for the particular device: based at least in part on the aggregated data, using the particular network software application, determining control instructions for the particular device; causing the particular protocol endpoint to transmit the conType: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Landon Gentry, Steve Gorretta, Alan Jeddeloh, Zachary Pitts, David Rostron
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Publication number: 20150172158Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping aType: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta
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Publication number: 20150163119Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management computer, receiving, from a gateway located in a managed network, device information about devices in the managed network; for a particular device: determining a match between the device capabilities of the particular device and features of a particular network software application configured to control the particular device, and determining a particular protocol endpoint configured to communicate control instructions from the particular network software application to the particular device; receiving, from the gateway, aggregated data that reflects network utilization by the devices located in the managed network; for the particular device: based at least in part on the aggregated data, using the particular network software application, determining control instructions for the particular device; causing the particular protocol endpoint to transmit the conType: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Landon Gentry, Steve Gorretta, Alan Jeddeloh, Zachary Pitts, David Rostron
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Patent number: 9015306Abstract: In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which cause processors to perform: collecting, at a management computer located separately with respect to a networked plurality of devices, device information about each of the devices; for each particular device: determining matches between the device capabilities for the particular device, and features of software applications; for a particular match: determining a particular software application that is configured to control the particular device; based at least in part on the device information for the particular device, determining a particular protocol endpoint from protocol endpoints that is configured to communicate control instructions from the particular software application to the particular device; creating data comprising a mapping between the particular software application, the particular protocol endpoint and the particular computing device; configuring an application computer program to use the mapping aType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Michael Elford, Landon Kuhn, Steve Gorretta
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Patent number: 8990390Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by processors, cause the processors to perform: at a management computer, receiving, from a gateway located in a managed network, device information about devices in the managed network; for a particular device: determining a match between the device capabilities of the particular device and features of a particular network software application configured to control the particular device, and determining a particular protocol endpoint configured to communicate control instructions from the particular network software application to the particular device; receiving, from the gateway, aggregated data that reflects network utilization by the devices located in the managed network; for the particular device: based at least in part on the aggregated data, using the particular network software application, determining control instructions for the particular device; causing the particular protocol endpoint to transmit the conType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Dupre, Landon Gentry, Steve Gorretta, Alan Jeddeloh, Zachary Pitts, David Rostron
