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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ye Luo, Beijing, CN;

Qi Wu, Beijing, CN;

Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 61/2557 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); H04L 61/2557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods and systems are provided for location-aware service request handling. The method may comprise: generating and sending location information associated with virtualized computing instance to a service node or a management entity for transmission to the service node. The location information may identify logical element(s) to which the virtualized computing instance is connected. The method may further comprise: in response to detecting, from the virtualized computing instance, a service request for a service from the service node, generating a modified service request by modifying the service request to include the location information associated with the virtualized computing instance; and sending the modified service request towards the service node.


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