Oracle America, Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Larry Abrahams

Aravindan Ranganathan

Gary Franklin Ellison

Mark W Hapner

Sai Vs Allavarpu

Peter Yared

Hal L Stern

John Beatty

Sheldon J Finkelstein

Jan Medved

John Edward McDowall

Richard Mandfred Pruss

Mark Hapner

Hal Stern

Aravindan Rangantham

Shel Finkelstein

John D Beatty

Sai Allavurpu

System, method, and computer program product to orchestrate software defined networking (SDN) applications, by providing a plurality of network elements in a network, each network element comprising a plurality of ingress interfaces, a plurality of egress interfaces, and a routing information base (RIB), providing, to an SDN application, an application program interface (API) to abstract properties and events of: (i) the ingress interfaces, (ii) the egress interfaces, and (iii) the RIB of a specified network element, receiving a request from the SDN application apply a function to the specified network element, the function specifying to modify: (i) a preprocessing operation on a data packet, (ii) the RIB, (iii) a post processing operation on the data packet, and (iv) the properties of the ingress interfaces, egress interfaces, and RIBs of the specified network element, and applying the function to the specified network element through the API.

Automation and programmability for software defined networking systems

A distributed network identity is provided. An identity provider stores a portion of a user's personal information. A service provider accesses user information from one or more identity providers. System entities such as identity providers and service providers can be linked to enable information sharing and aggregation. User policies and privacy preferences are provided to control how information is shared. A single sign-on architecture is provided where an identity provider is used to facilitate cross-domain authentication and to enhance user convenience. Service delegation features are also provided.

Distributed network identity

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Larry Abrahams