System and method for transporting information to services in a network environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9379931
APP PUB NO 20150334595A1
SERIAL NO

14279724

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An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a packet for a subscriber at a gateway, wherein the gateway includes a local policy anchor for interfacing with one or more policy servers and one or more classifiers for interfacing with one or more service chains, each service chain including one or more services accessible by the gateway; determining a service chain to receive the subscriber's packet; appending the subscriber's packet with a header, wherein the header includes, at least in part, identification information for the subscriber and an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the local policy anchor; and injecting the packet including the header into the service chain determined for the subscriber.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bosch, Hendrikus G P Aalsmeer, NL 74 1775
Campbell, Ian McDowell Bow Mar, US 42 779
Duminuco, Alessandro Milan, IT 49 1288
Guichard, James N New Boston, US 71 3413
Kumar, Surendra M San Ramon, US 26 2266
La, Roche Humberto J Ocean, US 22 928
Napper, Jeffrey Delft, NL 30 1040
Quinn, Paul Wellesley, US 73 4395
Shekhar, Ravi Pune, IN 86 914

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