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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pritam Baruah, Fremont, CA (US);
Amjad Inamdar, Karnataka, IN;
Laxmikantha Reddy Ponnuru, San Ramon, CA (US);
Samir D Thoria, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to making service-chains routable and intent-based within an enterprise network. In one aspect, a method for simplifying steering of network traffic includes receiving an intent-based description of one or more services to be applied to the network traffic; defining a type for a service chain that includes the one or more services based on the intent-based description, the type serving as an address for the service chain for routing the network traffic to and from the one or more service included in the service chain; implementing the service chain at one or more network hubs; and implementing a traffic steering policy in the network for steering the network traffic to the one or more network hubs to be serviced by the one or more services.