US 11,758,007 B2
Service peering exchange
Stephen Anthony Madden, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,310.
Application 17/353,310 is a continuation of application No. 16/007,823, filed on Jun. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,044,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/518,992, filed on Jun. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0314411 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/2871 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/51 (2022.05) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/2871 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A service exchange system comprising:
a service peering exchange configured for execution by a service peering exchange platform comprising one or more computing devices; and
a cloud exchange connected via an access link to the service peering exchange platform, wherein the cloud exchange is configured with:
a first virtual circuit connecting a first customer network to the service peering exchange via the access link; and
a second virtual circuit connecting a second customer network to the service peering exchange via the access link,
wherein the service peering exchange is configured to receive, at a service exchange endpoint of the service peering exchange, via the first virtual circuit, an incoming service request destined to the service exchange endpoint, wherein the incoming service request can invoke an application programming interface for an application configured for execution by the second customer network, and
wherein the service peering exchange is configured to output, in response to receiving the incoming service request, via the second virtual circuit, an outgoing service request destined to a service endpoint of the second customer network, wherein the outgoing service request can invoke the application programming interface of the application configured for execution by the second customer network.