Linking virtualized application namespaces at runtime
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11681535
A method for linking a plurality of virtualized application packages for execution on a computer system is described. A runtime executable of a primary virtualized application package is launched. A secondary virtualized application package to be merged with the primary virtualized application package is identified. In one embodiment, application settings and file data for the first and second virtualized application packages are merged into a single data structure. An execution layer is…
Service aware coverage degradation detection and root cause identification
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11678227
A system can include a network analysis platform that applies performance models to determine if a coverage degradation exists at a network cell, such as at a base station. The performance models are pre-trained based on network telemetry data. For a session at a cell, an expected quality of service (“QoS”) metric can be compared to an actual QoS metric to determine whether the session is impacted by coverage degradation. Throughput is an example QoS metric. If the number of impacted…
Methods and apparatus to deploy workload domains in virtual server racks
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675585
Methods and apparatus to deploy workload domains in virtual server racks are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a policy manager to determine an availability option and a performance option of the workload domain based on a domain type and determine capacity options based on a user selection of the availability option and a user selection of the performance option by a first user, a deployment manager to identify first ones of a plurality of computing resources to form a placement…
Domain-name-based network-connection attestation
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677713
A domain-name-based network-connection attestation system provides for more user friendly and less error prone (compared to IP-address-based attestation systems) updating of a whitelist used to determine whether or not to allow a requested network connection. A guest agent extracts from a DNS reply a domain name, and an IP address mapped to a domain name. The agent enters these values in an agent DNS cache. When a process requests a connection to an IP address, the agent uses the IP…
Architecture for performing action in a third-party service by an email client
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677696
Disclosed are various approaches performing actions on data items in a third-party service with a network-accessible application programming interface from an email client. The email client can perform an action as specified by an email service profile, which specifies how to identify the email message, the data item and how to interact with the network-accessible application programming interface.
Traffic monitoring
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677645
Some embodiments provide a method of aggregating and providing packet metrics collected during a live packet monitoring session performed for packets matching a specified set of characteristics. The method receives, from one or more computing devices that process packets during the live packet monitoring session, multiple metrics associated with a set of packets matching the specified set of characteristics. Metrics associated with each packet in the set are accompanied by a packet…
Highly available and scalable SaltStack based management pane for application monitoring
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677617
The present invention entails a highly available system comprising at least one host with at least one monitoring agent fit to send data, a cloud based proxy fit to receive the data, wherein said proxy comprises: an adapter, a master monitoring agent fit to command the at least one monitoring agent, and a failover server. The highly available system is further made up of at least one secondary cloud based proxy capable of communicating with the cloud based proxy, wherein the secondary…
Security detection system with privilege management
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675902
A system and method of de-elevating a process created in a computing device of a computer system are disclosed. In certain aspects, a method includes detecting a user login within a login session of a computing device in the computer system, the login session having a default security context. The method also includes creating a de-elevated security context for the login session, wherein the de-elevated security context has fewer privileges than the default security context. The method…
Dynamically displaying features in a graphical user interface of an application
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675892
Examples described herein include systems and methods for dynamically displaying features in a GUI of a portal application that facilitates access to other applications. An example method can include receiving a push notification, from a notification service, at a user device upon which the portal application is installed. The push notification can indicate that a new feature is available for the portal application executing on the user device. The example method can include requesting,…
Scalable I/O operations on a log-structured merge (LSM) tree
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675745
A method for managing data associated with objects stored in a cloud storage is provided. The method receives, at a first compute node, first data associated with an object stored in the cloud storage, the first compute node being one of a plurality of compute nodes that store data associated with different objects as storage objects in a log-structured merging (LSM) tree data structure. The method then assigns a first unique name to a first storage object associated with the first data,…
Byzantine agreement using communications having linear complexity
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675677
In some embodiments, a method receives a share of a signature of a decision block from at least a portion of the plurality of replicas. The share of the signature being generated when a respective replica signs the decision block and the decision block includes a set of requests from a client for a service. A combined signature is created based on the share of the signature block from at least the portion of the plurality of replicas. The method broadcasts a message that includes the…
Methods and apparatus to automate deployments of software defined data centers based on automation plan and user-provided parameter values
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11675620
A disclosed example method to automate deployment of a software defined data center includes generating, by executing an instruction with at least one processor, a task list based on tasks provided in an automation plan to deploy the software defined data center; determining, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, dependencies between the tasks prior to executing the tasks; determining, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor, whether a resource…
Automated hyperlinks for draft emails
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669581
Examples described herein can identify items from third-party or backend services, obtain relevant information for those items, and automatically populate hyperlinks relevant to those items in a draft email. A regular expressions search can be executed on the text of a draft email. When a match is found, the email client can request, from a server, an object associated with the matching expression. The server can obtain the object, using one or more connectors that provide access to a…
Staged user enrollment using audio devices
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11670303
Disclosed are various embodiments for staged user enrollment using audio devices. In one embodiment, among others, a system includes a computing device and program instructions. The program instructions can cause the computing device to receive a configuration profile for configuring a client device. The configuration profile includes a device policy associated with an organizational group. The program instructions can further cause the computing device to generate a sound payload based…
On-demand packet redirection
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671347
The disclosure provides an approach for performance management. Embodiments include receiving, at a port of a router, a transport control protocol (TCP) or user datagram protocol (UDP) packet generated by a performance component of the router. Embodiments include identifying, by the router, a rule related to the TCP or UDP packet. Embodiments include forwarding, by the router, the packet to an interface of a kernel based on the rule. Embodiments include receiving, by the performance…
Disambiguating traffic in networking environments with multiple virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) logical routers
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671358
The disclosure provides an approach for routing traffic in a network. Embodiments include receiving, by a service router of an edge services gateway (ESG), a packet comprising a virtual network identifier (VNI) and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier. Embodiments include sending, by the service router, the packet to a virtual switch of the ESG based on the VNI of the packet. Embodiments include determining, by the virtual switch, a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) router…
Virtual computing services deployment network
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671380
In a virtual computing environment, a virtual computing services deployment assigns a user to a computing class based on the expected resources that user will consume. A method includes defining computing classes and provisioning each user according to their assigned computing class. A portion of available resources are instantiated as a computing environment for the user based on the assigned computing class.
Defining and using service rules that reference endpoint group identifiers
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671400
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for deploying network elements for a set of machines in a set of one or more datacenters. The datacenter set is part of one availability zone in some embodiments. The method receives intent-based API (Application Programming Interface) requests, and parses these API requests to identify a set of network elements to connect and/or perform services for the set of machines. In some embodiments, the API is a hierarchical document that can…
Application module for creating an assured record of a user interaction
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671415
Systems and methods are included for creating an assured record of a user interaction. An application on a user device can receive an agreement. The agreement can include a specification with instructions for assuring the user interaction. The application can pass the agreement to an assured module installed in the application. The assured module can present the agreement to a user in an interface. The assured module can receive user input indicating acceptance or rejection of the…
Methods for dynamically optimizing a flying Ad-Hoc network
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11672004
Described herein are methods and systems for dynamically optimizing a Flying Ad-Hoc Network (“FANET”). A server that manages the FANET can receive information relating to the network activity of user devices connected to the FANET. Examples of the type of information included can include the user devices' locations, network connection quality, and network traffic volume dedicated to a Unified Endpoint Management (“UEM”) system of an enterprise. The server can analyze the network…
