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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hasmit Grover, Fremont, CA (US);
Dhananjaya Rao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Victor Moreno, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet at an edge device in a first network site in communication with a second network site through a transport network, the packet comprising a destination address for a host at the second network site, verifying at the edge device a connection with the host, and inserting the destination address in a forwarding information base at the edge device upon verifying the connection with the host. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.