Method and system for managing class of service in a network

US9584436B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Skyport Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Stephen Rodgers · Mountain View, US
• William N. Eatherton · San Jose, US
• Michael John Beesley · Atherton, US
• Stefan Dyckerhoff · Palo Alto, US
• Philippe Lacroute · Sunnyvale, US
• Edward Ronald Swierk · Mountain View, US
• Neil Vincent Geraghty · San Francisco, US
• Keith Eric Holleman · Campbell, US
• Thomas J. Giuli · Mountain View, US
• Srivatsan Rajagopal · Cupertino, US
• Paul Edward Fraley · Sunnyvale, US
• Vijay Krishnaji Tapaskar · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Sergeevich Selifonov · Mountain View, US
• Keith Anthony Low · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/168
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In general, embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for managing network access for applications. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide mock Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to the applications, where the applications may use the mock IP addresses to communicate with other systems (e.g., other computing devices, the management service, or any other system that is accessible via the network). Each mock IP address may be associated with one or more policies, where the policies dictate how packets that includes the mock IP address are processed. In one or more embodiments of the invention, the mock IP addresses may be used to maintain a class of service (CoS) between applications executing on the computing devices and an application service provider (ASP).