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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Paul Quinn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Durazzo, San Ramon, CA (US);
Andrew G. Harvey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Satish Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);
Dean Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Frederick Baker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Richard M. Pruss, Tewantin, AU;
Barry R. Greene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Gleichauf, San Antonio, TX (US);
Paul Quinn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Durazzo, San Ramon, CA (US);
Andrew G. Harvey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Satish Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);
Dean Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Frederick Baker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Richard M. Pruss, Tewantin, AU;
Barry R. Greene, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Gleichauf, San Antonio, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a service broker configured to: (i) register a service classifier, and to provide context information to the service classifier; and (ii) register a plurality of service nodes. The service broker can also receive capability and service requests from the service classifier. Further, the context information can include a service header, a reachability indication, and an encapsulation, where the service header and the encapsulation may be attached or related to a packet in the service classifier. In addition, the service classifier can use this information to redirect the packet to a first service node.