Kevin J Clarke

US Patent:

20150131661, May 14, 2015

Filed:

Nov 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/075409

Inventors:

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Marc J. Cochran - Shrewsbury MA, US
John F. Considine - Hollis NH, US
Kevin J. Clarke - Reading MA, US

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04L 12/46
H04L 12/741
H04L 12/725
H04L 29/06

US Classification:

370392

Abstract:

A device, of a cloud computing environment, includes a virtual network device that receives a packet with an address, and determines whether the packet is a broadcast packet or a unicast packet. The virtual network device processes the packet based on whether the packet is a broadcast packet or a unicast packet. The packet is transmitted to local address(es) or remote address(es) when the packet is a broadcast packet. The local address(es) is associated with at least one hardware component of the device, and the remote address(es) is associated with at least one other device, of the cloud computing environment, that is separate from the device. The packet is transmitted based on whether the address, of the packet, matches the local address(es) or the remote address(es) when the packet is a unicast packet.

US Patent:

20150082077, Mar 19, 2015

Filed:

Sep 17, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/029106

Inventors:

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Marc J. Cochran - Shrewsbury MA, US
Kevin J. Clarke - Reading MA, US
Stanislaw Kowalczyk - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04L 12/939

US Classification:

714 41

Abstract:

A device, of a cloud computing environment, receives an instruction to create a virtual packet tracker from a user device associated with a user, and implements the virtual packet tracker in the device based on the instruction. The virtual packet tracker: receives a packet that includes a unique value used to track the packet in a portion of the cloud computing environment associated with the user; provides the packet for routing through the portion; receives an indication that the packet is dropped at a particular resource of the portion; determines whether a problem causing the packet to be dropped can be corrected; and processes the problem based on whether the problem can be corrected. The problem is corrected when it is determined that the problem can be corrected. Information associated with the packet is transmitted to the user device when it is determined that the problem cannot be corrected.

US Patent:

20150026292, Jan 22, 2015

Filed:

Jul 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/947529

Inventors:

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Paul M. Curtis - Sudbury MA, US
Kevin J. Clarke - Reading MA, US
John F. Considine - Hollis NH, US

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

A first cloud computing device includes a first virtual machine, and receives, from the first virtual machine, a packet destined for a second virtual machine provided in a second cloud computing device. The device appends, to the packet, a header that includes an address of the second cloud computing device, a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier of the first virtual machine, and a VLAN identifier of the second virtual machine. The device provides the packet and the header to a cloud computing network for provision to the second virtual machine.