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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:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

John J. Browne, Limerick, IE;

Timothy Verrall, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);

Maryam Tahhan, Limerick, IE;

Michael J. McGrath, Cavan, IE;

Sean Harte, Limerick, IE;

Kevin Devey, Cork, IE;

Jonathan Kenny, Tipperary, IE;

Christopher MacNamara, Limerick, IE;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0873 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0873 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform; and an interworking broker function (IBF) hosted on the hardware platform, the IBF including a translation driver (TD) associated with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator, the IBF configured to: receive from the orchestrator a network function provisioning or configuration command for the legacy network appliance; operate the TD to translate the command to a format consumable by the legacy network appliance; and forward the command to the legacy network appliance.


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