Patent №
US 8,966,024
Granted
2015-02-24
Filed 2012
Owner
NICIRA, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13678498
Some embodiments provide a system for implementing a logical network that includes a set of end machines, a first logical middlebox, and a second logical middlebox connected by a set of logical forwarding elements. The system includes a set of nodes. Each of several nodes includes (i) a virtual machine for implementing an end machine of the logical network, (ii) a managed switching element for implementing the set of logical forwarding elements of the logical network, and (iii) a middlebox element for implementing the first logical middlebox of the logical network. The system includes a physical middlebox appliance for implementing the second logical middlebox.
AI classification
Ownership
NICIRA, INC.
assignment · 297400069
Assignors
KOPONEN, TEEMU, ZHANG, RONGHUA, THAKKAR, PANKAJ, CASADO, MARTIN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.