The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Vivek Kulkarni, Unterhaching, DE;
Florian Zeiger, Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 41/0859 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/5003 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); G06F 16/211 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 41/0859 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/5003 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments include an apparatus for operating a software-defined network having a number of network elements comprising: a memory unit storing an image of the software-defined network; a control unit programmed to use the stored image as a basis for controlling forwarding of data streams by the number of network elements; and a comparison unit programmed to compare the stored image against a network image published in a ledger of a blockchain.