Patents by Inventor Venkateswara Siramdas

Venkateswara Siramdas 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).

  • Controlling and extending programmable network functions using a declarative approach
    Patent number: 8356294
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer apparatus comprises a network interface; a processor; a packet forwarding unit; and instructions which when executed cause storing a first executable software module in computer storage; receiving and storing, in association with the first software module, a first human-readable declaration of one or more available extension points within the first software module; receiving and storing an extension software module that implements a particular one or more of the extension points; installing and executing the first software module and the extension software module; and invoking the extension software module when the particular extension point is reached during execution of the first software module. In an embodiment, a declaration of extension points enables extending a software module while running in a host, by registering an extension matching the extension points, yet the author of the extension does not need to access any code of the extended module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kollivakkam Raghavan, Venkateswara Siramdas, Ramakrishna Reddy Kandula
  • Controlling and extending programmable network functions using a declarative approach
    Publication number: 20080196010
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer apparatus comprises a network interface; a processor; a packet forwarding unit; and instructions which when executed cause storing a first executable software module in computer storage; receiving and storing, in association with the first software module, a first human-readable declaration of one or more available extension points within the first software module; receiving and storing an extension software module that implements a particular one or more of the extension points; installing and executing the first software module and the extension software module; and invoking the extension software module when the particular extension point is reached during execution of the first software module. In an embodiment, a declaration of extension points enables extending a software module while running in a host, by registering an extension matching the extension points, yet the author of the extension does not need to access any code of the extended module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Kollivakkam Raghavan, Venkateswara Siramdas, Ramakrishna Reddy Kandula