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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Shree N. Murthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Michael Orr, Wallkill, NY (US);
Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sudhir Kumar Jain, Fremont, CA (US);
Darrin Joseph Miller, Marysville, OH (US);
Ameet Prakash Kulkarni, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for creating user defined network in a network environment is provided. Users are able to create user defined networks which as private logical groups that extend across different wired and wireless networking constructs. A user may use an endpoint (e.g., mobile phone) to create a user defined network, to associate one or more endpoints with the user defined network, and to invite other users to add their endpoints to the user defined network. The user may create a policy for endpoints in the user defined network such as only allowing endpoints associated with the user defined network or restricting types of traffic that can be communicated to endpoints in the user defined network. The user defined network, and associated policies, may be enforced by the infrastructure devices in the network environment.