Computer-to-computer Data Addressing Patents (Class 709/245)
  • Patent number: 11922074
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for a content-addressable peer-to-peer storage network. The content-addressable peer-to-peer storage network includes a plurality of nodes. A node generates a new data block, which is witnessed by peer nodes to increase the integrity of the data. Each peer node responds to the node's signature request with an encoded digital signature of the data using a private key. The node appends the signature from each witness node to the data block and then generates a cryptographic hash of the entire data block, which is used as the identity of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EDJX, INC.
    Inventor: James A. Thomason
  • Patent number: 11924161
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products for providing fractional control of a domain name by a plurality of entities enable operations that may include: providing an executable program for storage on a blockchain, the executable program configured to store a representation of the domain name in association with a plurality of identifications that each correspond to an entity that has a fractional control of the domain name; indicating, to the program, that the domain name is available for fractional control; receiving a message that includes the representation of the domain name and indications of a plurality of blockchain addresses, which are stored by the program as the plurality of identifications; and storing, in a domain name registration database, a representation of a fractional control status of the domain name. Each fractional control of the domain name may enable an authorization or a refusal of a modification related to the domain name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Kaizer, Swapneel Sheth
  • Patent number: 11924162
    Abstract: A computing system is provided, including a processor and memory storing instructions that cause the processor to execute a domain name service (DNS) log analyzer configured to identify a container identifier associated with a DNS request and a destination IP address associated with a DNS response to the DNS request, using one or more DNS logs, a fleet management system record analyzer configured to identify a first service associated with the container identifier and a second service associated with the destination IP address, using one or more fleet management system logs, and a dependency map generator configured to generate a service-to-service dependency map between the identified first service and the identified second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Abhishek Pathak, Sorabh Kumar Gandhi, Craig Henry Wittenberg, Ming Hao, Rohit Sanjay Galwankar, Vivek Sanjeev Tejwani
  • Patent number: 11924081
    Abstract: The present solution provides systems and methods for a GSLB service to access a first plurality of measurements of network latency between a plurality of access-points and the first client device and a second plurality of measurements of network latency between the plurality of access-points and one or more of data centers. The GSLB service can receive, from the one or more data centers, health of an application deployed across the one or more data centers. The GSLB service can determine, according to the first plurality of measurements, the second plurality of measurements and the health of the application, a first data center of the one or more data centers and a first access-point of the plurality of access-points. The GSLB service can send, to the first client device, a domain name system (DNS) response identifying the first access-point and the first data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ioannis Beredimas, Panagiotis Gourgaris, Panteleimon Evangelos Aivaliotis, Aristotelis Mertis
  • Patent number: 11924163
    Abstract: An apparatus used in a UE includes processing circuitry and memory. To configure the UE for a DNS resolution, the processing circuitry is to encode UL data for transmission to a first EAS via a first data path. The first data path includes a first UL CL UPF and a first PSA. A NAS SM message received from an SMF node is decoded. The NAS SM message includes an EAS rediscovery indication and a list of FQDNs associated with the first EAS. A DNS resolution procedure with a DNS server is performed in response to the EAS rediscovery indication, to obtain an IP address of a second EAS. The DNS resolution procedure is based on the list of FQDNs, and a second data path to the second EAS is established based on the IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Changhong Shan, Danny Moses, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski
  • Patent number: 11916935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of executing scanning software, such an executable software program or script (e.g., PowerShell script), by a computing device of an enterprise, such as a security server, may instruct the computing device to search all or a subset of computing devices in an enterprise network. The scanning software may identify PowerShell scripts containing particular malware attributes, according to a malicious-code dataset. The computing system executing the scanning software may scan through the identified PowerShell scripts to identify particular strings, values, or code-portions, and take a remedial action according to the scanning software programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Robert Neel
  • Patent number: 11910299
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate providing slice attribute information to a user equipment (UE) for one or more slice types with which the user equipment is allowed to establish one or more session(s). In one example, a method may include obtaining, by a network element, a registration request for connection of a UE to a mobile network; performing an authentication for connection of the UE to the mobile network; and upon successful authentication, providing, by the network element, a registration response to the UE, wherein the registration response identifies one or more network slice types with which the UE is authorized to establish a session and the registration response identifies one of: attribute information for each of the one or more network slice types or network location information from which attribute information for each of the one or more network slice types is to be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinath Gundavelli, Vimal Srivastava, Oliver James Bull
  • Patent number: 11895083
    Abstract: An address obtaining method includes obtaining, by a third network device, an identifier of a first application from a terminal device. The identifier of the first application indicates a request for obtaining an address of an instance of the first application. The address obtaining method further includes sending, by the third network device, a first message to a first network device, wherein the first message comprises the identifier of the first application, and the first message is useable to request the address of the instance of the first application. The address obtaining method further includes receiving, by the third network device, the address of the instance of the first application from the first network device, and sending the address of the instance of the first application to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cuili Ge, Yanmei Yang, Hui Ni, Yizhuang Wu
  • Patent number: 11895082
    Abstract: A device implementing the subject system may include at least one processor configured to receive, by a first system process, a first network address that corresponds to a domain name that was resolved by a second system process, the resolving having been responsive to a resolution request therefor by an application process. The at least one processor may be further configured to receive, by the first system process, a second network address for which a network connection was opened by the application process. The at least one processor may be further configured to, responsive to determining that the application process opened a network connection for a network address for which the application process did not provide, to the second system process, a resolution request for the corresponding domain name, provide, by the first system process, an indication of the network address in conjunction with an indication of the application process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Amitabha Ghosh, Franco Travostino, Henri S. Berger, Philip W. Flack, Timothy A. McCoy, Maciej Stachowiak, Beth M. Dakin
  • Patent number: 11886920
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for load shedding are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory, and at least one processor to execute machine readable instructions to cause the at least one processor to at least access a request to execute a process using a second computing environment, the second computing environment being a replica of a first computing environment, determine an expected execution latency associated with execution of the process using the second computing environment, and reject the request in response to the expected execution latency exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Tubman, Kevin O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 11886425
    Abstract: A request is received to perform a management action for a domain of a name service, wherein the name service is implemented using at least both a first blockchain network and a second blockchain network different from the first blockchain network. A determination is made whether the domain is currently managed on the first blockchain network or the second blockchain network. The management action for the domain is caused to be performed based on the determination of whether the domain is currently managed on the first blockchain network or the second blockchain network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Unstoppable Domains Inc.
    Inventors: Braden River Pezeshki, Matthew Everett Gould, Bogdan Gusiev, Sergii Bomko, Vladyslav Batyrenko
  • Patent number: 11882197
    Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a CDN that uses revalidation to force edge servers to refresh their cached objects (i.e., download new copies of the objects from the origin data center). Revalidation can be used by edge servers to determine whether an object currently cached at the edge servers has been updated or changed in the origin data center. The embodiments herein leverage revalidation to perform a forced refresh to force the edge servers to refresh their cached object, regardless whether those cached objects match the objects stored in the origin data center. A forced refresh can be used when there is a network connection that may have caused the cached objects to become corrupted. Moreover, the forced refresh can be performed in batches so as not to overwhelm the network and computing resources in the CDN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Friedrich, Luis A. Cruz, Robert Gerard Colantuoni, Jeffrey Edwin Grubb
  • Patent number: 11882097
    Abstract: A method in a virtual private network (VPN) environment, the method including determining, by a processor, first substitute domain information by utilizing a hashing function to hash a first time marker and a string of alphanumeric characters; determining, by the processor, second substitute domain information by utilizing the hashing function to hash a second time marker and the string of alphanumeric characters, the second time marker being different than the first time marker; and transmitting, by the processor, a connection request utilizing the second substitute domain information to reach a VPN service provider based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the first substitute domain information. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventor: Mindaugas Valkaitis
  • Patent number: 11876912
    Abstract: A method implemented by an onboard avionics computer for executing a plurality of binary codes that are associated with a plurality of sets of metadata, wherein: the plurality of binary codes and the plurality of metadata are hierarchized into a number of levels at least equal to two; a first binary code, of a level, is associated with a first set of metadata of the level, and a second binary code of a lower level, itself associated with a second set of metadata of the lower level; the first set of metadata comprises a data signature, the data comprising at least a first message digest associated with the first binary code, and the second set of metadata comprises a public key; the method comprising the execution, by the second binary code, of the following steps: applying a hash function to obtain a second message digest of the first binary code; decrypting the signature using the public key to obtain the first message digest; authorizing the execution of the binary code, if and only if the first message dig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Stéphane Monnier, Alexandre Fine
  • Patent number: 11876773
    Abstract: Provided is an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) learning method, which includes: determining, by a forwarding chip, an IP address of a target device; when an MAC address corresponding to the IP address of the target device is not stored in an ARP forwarding table, generating and broadcasting, by the forwarding chip, an ARP request message, wherein the ARP request message includes the IP address of the target device; receiving, by the forwarding chip, an ARP response message fed back by the target device, wherein the ARP response message includes an MAC address of the target device; and writing, by the forwarding chip, the IP address of the target device and the MAC address corresponding to the IP address into the ARP forwarding table. The present disclosure also provides a node device and a computer-readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiming Jiang, Mingjun Gu
  • Patent number: 11863528
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a set of destination IP address to be added into a firewall whitelist. The system receives a network packet transmitted through a firewall and determines whether the destination address of the network packet corresponds to at least one of computing resource of a plurality of computing resources. If so, the system transforms the destination address of the packet to another destination address of the corresponding computing resource. The system forwards the network packet to the destination address of the corresponding computing resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Chung
  • Patent number: 11860728
    Abstract: Systems and methods for are provided for predicting impending failure of a database and preemptively initiating mitigating failover actions, for example by shedding connections or redirecting connection requests to an alternate database that can fulfill resources being requested. In an example embodiment, to detect a slow or unstable database, connection wait times are monitored over a rolling window of time intervals, a quantity of intervals in which at least one excessive wait time event occurred are counted during the time window, and if the quantity exceeds a threshold, the database is deemed unavailable, thereby triggering connection adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Robison, Steven Bruce West, Sarang Mukund Kulkarni, Douglas Wayne Hathaway
  • Patent number: 11855959
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for providing dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) services to different data compute nodes (e.g., virtual machines) that belong to different logical networks (e.g., for different tenants in a datacenter). In some embodiments, the method inserts a logical network identifier (LNI) value to each DHCP packet and forwards the packet to a DHCP server module for processing the DHCP request. Based on the LNI value, the DHCP server of some embodiments identifies the logical network from which the DHCP packet is received. The DHCP server then provides the requested DHCP service (e.g., assigning an IP address to a data compute node that has originated the DHCP packet, assigning a domain name, etc.) according to a DHCP service configuration for the identified logical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Uday Masurekar, Jayant Jain, Ronghua Zhang, Mani Kancherla, Minjal Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11855791
    Abstract: A first communication device generates an Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) frame that includes i) OAM message content and ii) an OAM frame header outside of the OAM message content, wherein generating the OAM frame comprises generating the OAM frame header to include information that signals one of i) a low power sleep (LPS) request, and ii) a wake-up request (WUR). The first communication device transmits the OAM frame to a second communication device via a communication medium to signal to the second communication device the one of i) the LPS request, and ii) the WUR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Ming-Tak Leung, Bizhan Abedinzadeh, Hon Wai Fung, Liang Zhu, Der-Ren Chu
  • Patent number: 11853644
    Abstract: An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content. Possibly based on the client device being in the automobile and having access to the playlist of audio content, the client device may request a stream of the audio content. As a consequence of making the request, the client device may receive the stream of the audio content and begin audible playout of the audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
  • Patent number: 11855960
    Abstract: Techniques herein facilitate a device address rotation management protocol that may be implemented for a wireless local area network (WLAN), which can be used to influence when wireless client devices or stations may rotate their Media Access Control (MAC) addresses, how to perform such rotations, and/or the like. In one example, a method may include providing, by an access point (AP), a first communication indicating that the AP supports a MAC address rotation management protocol; obtaining, by the AP, a second communication from a wireless station (STA) indicating that the STA intends to perform a MAC address rotation; and transmitting, by the AP, a third communication to influence the MAC address rotation of the STA, the third communication comprising a rotation status indicator and timing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Henry, Robert E. Barton, Stephen Michael Orr
  • Patent number: 11855957
    Abstract: A discovery method for a domain name system (DNS) server includes transmitting a DNS query to a local protocol data unit session anchor (L-PSA). The DNS query carries an IP address of a first DNS server edge application server discovery function (EASDF). The method includes, in accordance with a determination that the first DNS server EASDF satisfies an unavailability condition, transmitting a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) request to a session management function (SMF). The first DHCP request is used for obtaining an IP address of a second DNS server. The method includes receiving a first DHCP response carrying an IP address of the second DNS server assigned by the SMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Chunshan Xiong
  • Patent number: 11855956
    Abstract: A method for supporting configurable producer network function (NF) Internet protocol (IP) address mappings includes, at an NF repository function (NRF), receiving, from a requesting node, a request message for network address and/or service information of a producer NF. The method further includes determining, from the request message, at least one consumer NF parameter. The method further includes using the at least one consumer NF parameter, a producer NF IP address mapping rule. The method further includes, in response to locating the producer NF IP address mapping rule, determining, using the producer NF IP address mapping rule, an IP address to return to the requesting node. The method further includes generating a response message including the IP address and transmitting the response message to the requesting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan, Amarnath Jayaramachar
  • Patent number: 11848910
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method for resiliently associating Internet Protocol (IP) addresses with pods that each have unique identifiers (IDs) in a managed cluster of worker nodes managed by a first set of one or more controllers of the managed cluster. The resilient association between IP addresses and pods is maintained even when pods are moved between worker nodes. At a second set of controllers, the method receives notification regarding deployment, on a first worker node, of a stateful pod associated with a particular ID. The method allocates an IP address to the stateful pod. The method creates a mapping between the IP address and the particular ID in order to maintain the allocation of the IP address to the stateful pod. The method provides the IP address to the first set of controllers to use for the stateful pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Tao Zou, Danting Liu, Salvatore Orlando, Wenfeng Liu, Donghai Han
  • Patent number: 11843615
    Abstract: An attack handling location selection apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire traffic volumes of a plurality of first transfer apparatuses related to a path of an attack traffic, and a selection unit configured to assign priorities based on the traffic volumes to second transfer apparatuses extracted from the plurality of first transfer apparatuses based on comparison between the traffic volume of each first transfer apparatus and an upper limit value of a traffic volume capable of being handled by a protection apparatus configured to handle the attack traffic, and select, as a forwarding point of the traffic to the protection apparatus, a highest-ranking third transfer apparatus in the priorities. Thus, a forwarding point capable of increasing the likelihood that attack traffic is appropriately handled is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11831604
    Abstract: A method including receiving first connection information associated with a first LAN from a first meshnet device and second connection information associated with a second LAN from a second meshnet device; calculating a first range of first subnet IP addresses associated with the first LAN, and a second range of second subnet IP addresses associated with the second LAN; determining, based on comparing the first range and the second range, a conflict that a first subnet IP address assigned to a first LAN device is the same as a second subnet IP address assigned to a second LAN device; mapping, based on determining the conflict, an alternate IP address to correspond with the first subnet IP address; and communicating with the first LAN device based at least in part on utilizing the alternate IP address instead of utilizing the first subnet IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventor: Rytis Karpuska
  • Patent number: 11824742
    Abstract: A method includes receiving one or more characteristics associated with a server of a datacenter. The method further includes analyzing, by a processing device, the one or more characteristics to determine a classification of the server. The method further includes, in view of the determined classification of the server, modifying one or more configurations of the server to increase performance for one or more functionalities corresponding to the determined classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Arie Bregman, Ilan Gersht, Avraham Talmor
  • Patent number: 11824879
    Abstract: A packet-filtering system configured to filter packets in accordance with packet-filtering rules may receive data indicating network-threat indicators and may configure the packet-filtering rules to cause the packet-filtering system to identify packets comprising unencrypted data, and packets comprising encrypted data. A portion of the unencrypted data may correspond to one or more of the network-threat indicators, and the packet-filtering rules may be configured to cause the packet-filtering system to determine, based on the portion of the unencrypted data, that the packets comprising encrypted data correspond to the one or more network-threat indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Centripetal Networks, LLC
    Inventors: David K. Ahn, Sean Moore, Douglas M. Disabello
  • Patent number: 11818144
    Abstract: A security appliance monitors streams of events and detects anomalous behavior by users with respect to software defined infrastructure. The security appliance creates baselines of activities for each user. After generating baselines, the security appliance compares events to the activity baselines of users to detect deviations. If a deviation is detected, then a violation report is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandra Mouleeswaran, Wayne Jensen
  • Patent number: 11818138
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes storing, in a collaboration platform, a first geographic location and a first time of a first authentication request for an account at the collaboration platform responsive to successful authentication of the first authentication request. The method includes receiving a second authentication request for the account at the collaboration platform. The method includes identifying a second geographic location and a second time of the second authentication request. The method includes providing access to the account responsive to a determination that a difference in time between the first time and the second time is large enough that a user of the account is able to travel a difference in distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location within the difference in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Roblox Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur Remy Malan
  • Patent number: 11811656
    Abstract: A method for direct communication between a source endpoint executing in a first datacenter and a destination endpoint executing in a second datacenter. The method receives, at a gateway of the second datacenter, a packet sent by the source endpoint, the packet having a header that includes a source IP address corresponding to a public IP address of the first datacenter, a destination IP address corresponding to a public IP address of the second datacenter, and source and destination port numbers. The method performs a DNAT process on the packet to replace at least the destination IP address in the header with a private IP address of the destination endpoint. The DNAT process identifies the private IP address by mapping the source and destination port numbers to the private IP address of the destination endpoint. The method then transmits the packet to the destination endpoint in the second datacenter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Gaurav Jindal, Neeraj Mantri, Rasik Jesadiya, Rajesh Sahu, Dibakar Swain
  • Patent number: 11798032
    Abstract: Methods related to determining and utilizing one or more attributes to associate with an IP addresses. Attributes are determined based on request data provided with requests from an IP address and one or more available secondary information sources. Attributes may include physical locations and/or category designations for the IP address. One or more attributes may be assigned a likelihood value indicative of likelihood that the attribute is associated with the IP address. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to identify likely fraudulent information provided with requests. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to provide advertisements in response to requests from IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: EL TORO.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Stacy B. Griggs, David T. Stadler, III, Richard M. Teachout, III, Benjamin Charles Woolley
  • Patent number: 11799820
    Abstract: A mobile-side IP address is translated into an intranet-side MAC address, and an IP address for an intranet is acquired. The present invention provides a network system for transferring a packet, including: a first network that controls transfer of data at a first layer; a second network that is connected to the first network and controls transfer of data at a second layer different from the first layer; and a translation device that translates an address between networks, in which the translation device translates the address of the first layer of the first network attached to data transferred from the first network to the second network into the address of the second layer of the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Oishi, Shigenori Hayase, Masayuki Takase, Mikio Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11792079
    Abstract: A Domain Name System (“DNS”) package, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a method for providing domain name resolution services are disclosed. The system can include one or more built-in DNS hierarchy databases configured for deployment within a network, wherein the one or more built-in DNS hierarchy databases stores DNS records. The system can also include a recursive name server, wherein the recursive name server is configured to query the one or more built-in DNS hierarchy databases during domain name resolution, the recursive name server configured to select the one or more built-in DNS hierarchy databases based on a policy indicating a preference for the one or more built-in DNS hierarchy databases over a domain name server located outside of the network. Furthermore, the system can include a recursive name server database configured to store DNS records for the recursive name server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
    Inventor: Danny McPherson
  • Patent number: 11765125
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing dynamic border gateway protocol (“BGP”) host route generation based on domain name system (“DNS”) resolution. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from a user device via a first network, a request to establish a communications link with an external device via a second network that is separate from the first network, based on a first uniform resource identifier (“URI”) indicative of a network location of the external device. The computing system may query a DNS resolver for an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address corresponding to a valid current IP address, based on the first URI, and may advertise the IP address and/or a route based on the IP address. A communications link may be established between the user device and the external device based on the IP address and/or the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Darrell Smith
  • Patent number: 11757833
    Abstract: A first device may establish a connection with a second device, and may provide a connection check RPC message to the second device. The first device may receive a verification RPC message from the second device, and may provide, to the second device, a sync domains RPC request that includes a first list of active domains with associated address pools. The first device may receive, from the second device, a sync domains RPC response that includes threshold values for the active domains included in the first list of active domains, and may provide, to the second device, a sync pools RPC request that includes a first list of address pools associated with the active domains. The first device may receive, from the second device, a sync pools RPC response that includes confirmation of the first list of address pools, and may allocate addresses of an address pool to a CPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Raison, Jonathan Azevedo, Steven P. Onishi, Linda M. Cabeca, Michael D. Carr
  • Patent number: 11757843
    Abstract: A method including storing, by an infrastructure device in a read-only memory associated with a read-only device, an initial operating system to be utilized by a VPN server in association with providing VPN services; storing, by the infrastructure device in the read-only memory, authentication information associated with authenticating a requesting device as an authorized recipient of the initial operating system; and configuring, by the infrastructure device, the read-only device to control access to the initial operating system based at least in part on utilizing the authentication information. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Karolis Pabijanskas, Petras Liumparas
  • Patent number: 11747792
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for remotely updating configuration logic on Internet of Things (IoT) devices located physically proximate to industrial systems equipment. The IoT devices are configured to monitor and detect outputs, such as sensor data, corresponding to the industrial systems equipment, and the IoT devices are further configured to operate as gateway devices through which communications are routed between a remote computing system and the industrial systems equipment. The IoT devices operate according to configuration files generated at the remote computing system and transmitted to the IoT devices. The IoT devices are notified by the remote computing system of subsequent updates to their respective configuration files. Responsive to receiving a configuration file update notice, an IoT device may establish a back-channel communication link to the remote computing system across which the updated configuration file is identified and retrieved based at least on an updated timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Information, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Patrick Mulligan
  • Patent number: 11726762
    Abstract: A method (50) of and a server (19) and network node or client devices (3, 5) communicatively interconnected in a network (1) and arranged for over-the-air, OTA, data upgrade or update of client devices. In the event of a timeout (54) at the server (19) waiting for a response or request message from a selected OTA client (5) during an ongoing OTA data upgrade, the OTA server (19) checks whether a network address change (51) of the selected OTA client (5) caused the OTA server to timeout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Xiaoqi Liu, Shouzhen Lan, Dunfa Chen, Junxi Wu
  • Patent number: 11729291
    Abstract: An announcement protocol may allow disparate, and previously incompatible, content delivery network caches to exchange information and cache content for one another. Announcement data may be stored by the respective caches, and used to determine whether a cache is able to service an incoming request. URL prefixes may be included in the announcements to identify the content, and longest-match lookups may be used to help determine a secondary option when a first cache determines that it lacks a requested content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Field, Jan Van Doorn, Jim Hall
  • Patent number: 11726798
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for provisioning client devices. A configuration file previously installed on the computing device can be read. The configuration file can contain a provisioning address. Then, a user account is automatically created using a predefined username and credential stored in the configuration file. Next, an enrollment request can be sent to the provisioning address to enroll the computing device with a provisioning service using the user account. In response, an enrollment response can be received from the provisioning service. The computing device can then be configured based upon the enrollment response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore Krishnakumar, Vijay Chari Narayan, Brooks Peppin, Paul Adam Ryman, Rob Schlotman
  • Patent number: 11720090
    Abstract: A method and system for assigning slot addresses to modules in a fault tolerant industrial control system includes a pair of backplane switches on each base. Each backplane switch is configured to communicate between one backplane and the modules located on the base and to communicate between backplane switches located at adjacent bases. A backplane switch on a bank master base first assigns a base address and slot addresses to itself. The backplane switches on each additional base initiate transmission of a base address request. A base address response, including a base address and slot numbers for the adjacent base, is transmitted after a base has its own address assigned. Each base repeats the process in sequence along the bank, incrementing the base address by one and the slot address by the number of slots on the base and passing the new base and slot addresses along the bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sivaram Balasubramanian, Chandresh Chaudhari, Kendal R. Harris
  • Patent number: 11723090
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for facilitating a discreet connection between a user and a service. A first reverse proxy connection is configured to receive a connection from the user to set up the discreet connection, where an invitation indicating a mechanism for accessing the first reverse proxy connection is provided to the user. Access credentials are transmitted to the user over the first reverse proxy connection, the access credentials including an address for accessing a second reverse proxy connection, the first reverse proxy connection being deleted following delivery of the access credentials. The second reverse proxy connection facilitates the discreet connection between the user and the service without any detectable direct contact with the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Cyber IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Edward Delaney, Chava Louis Jurado, Carl Bailey Jacobs, Scott Christian Green
  • Patent number: 11722508
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for dynamically separating Internet of Things (IoT) devices in a network are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for dynamically separating IoT devices in a network is provided, the method comprising: detecting a first IoT device in the network; monitoring network communication of the first IoT device; determining device information of the first IoT device based on the monitored network communication; and causing the first IoT device to communicate on a first subnet of a plurality of subnets in the network based on the device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Himanshu Srivastava, Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda, Piyush P. Joshi, Harsha R Joshi, Srikanth Nalluri, Dattatraya Kulkarni, Siddaraya Revashetti
  • Patent number: 11704446
    Abstract: An end-user computing device can include a theft detector that maintains a registered host device list containing identifiers of at least one registered host device. The theft detector can have root access to operations of the end-user device and the theft detector can provides a secure reboot request in response to detecting a possible theft condition. The end-user computing device can also include a boot loader that executes a secure reboot of the end-user device in response to a secure reboot request from the theft detector. The secure reboot of the end-user device resets the end-user device to prevent access to the end-user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Veeramanikandan Raju
  • Patent number: 11706255
    Abstract: A network server is provided. The network server includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The network server is programmed to receive an access request originating from a user device, perform an authentication process for connecting with the user device, transmit, to the user device, a request message for a media access control (MAC) address of the user device, receive, from the user device, a response message including the MAC address of the user device, and determine whether to grant the access request based on the MAC address of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard McKibben, Tao Wan
  • Patent number: 11700295
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11700227
    Abstract: Provided are an identifier resolution method and apparatus for the Internet of Things. In the method, different identifier resolution systems are compatible through constructing an identifier resolution architecture for the Internet of Things, and a unified method is used for resolving various identifiers. Therefore, it is simply required to maintain one identifier resolution architecture for the Internet of Things when resolving different identifiers, which reduces the workload and difficulty for maintenance of the identifier resolution system and thus reduces the workload and difficulty for maintenance of the Internet of Things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER
    Inventors: Yu Zeng, Hongtao Li, Anlei Hu, Kejun Dong, Zhiwei Yan, Zhiyang Wang, Qi Yang, Weihong Hu
  • Patent number: 11700317
    Abstract: Electronic communications between a client device and a server device are improved by providing a middleware component that incorporates electronic data read and/or written to a database in a hybrid data structure. The hybrid structure is further designed to allow for “NULL” or other pre-defined data values when one or more data fields are unavailable or erroneous. The client device, in turn, can be configured to check for the pre-defined data values in certain fields and to gracefully process such values. The hybrid structure with pre-defined error values therefore provides for very efficient data transmittal and processing, while retaining the ability to handle errors or other unusual situations relating to the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bob Haupt, Kevin Johnston
  • Patent number: 11695734
    Abstract: A method including receiving, at a first VPN server during an established VPN connection, a first data request and a second data request from a user device; transmitting, by the first VPN server during the established VPN connection, the first data request to a second VPN server and the second data request to a third VPN server; receiving, by the first VPN server from the second VPN server during the established VPN connection, first data associated with the first data request; and receiving, by the first VPN server from the third VPN server during the established VPN connection, second data associated with the second data request, the second exit IP address being different from the first exit IP address. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Oversec, UAB
    Inventors: Tomas Kolaitis, Vytautas Neubauer