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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel A. Obstfeld, Hertfordshire, GB;
Oliver James Bull, Bristol, GB;
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Wiltshire, GB;
Andrew Pletcher, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/44 (2022.01); H04L 45/741 (2022.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided which involve obtaining information about a distributed ledger instance associated with an enterprise and generating at least one announcement that advertises a presence of the distributed ledger instance based on the information. The methods further involve providing the at least one announcement to one or more network devices associated with other distributed ledger instances to provide visibility of the distributed ledger instance to the other distributed ledger instances.