US 11,677,859 B2
Federated service registries for access providers
Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Vinay Saini, Bengaluru (IN); and Vishal S. Desai, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,159.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051134 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/60 (2022.05) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a first access server, a first plurality of services available within a local network associated with the first access server;
determining, by the first access server, a second plurality of services available at one or more remote networks;
transmitting, to a client device:
an indication identifying each service of the first plurality of services, and
an indication that additional services are available remotely without explicitly identifying services of the second plurality of services;
receiving, from the client device, a request for a first service, wherein the first service is not included in the first plurality of services and is included in the second plurality of services; and
establishing a tunnel from the client device to one or more remote networks.