US 12,218,779 B2
Automated connectivity to cloud resources
Balaji Sundararajan, Fremont, CA (US); Madhuri Kolli, San Jose, CA (US); Giorgio Valentini, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Venkatraman Venkatapathy, Fremont, CA (US); Avinash Ashok Kumar Chiganmi, Fremont, CA (US); and Vivek Agarwal, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/674,166.
Application 18/674,166 is a continuation of application No. 18/610,512, filed on Mar. 20, 2024.
Application 18/610,512 is a continuation of application No. 17/898,214, filed on Aug. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,985,007, issued on May 14, 2024.
Application 17/898,214 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,239, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,456,894, issued on Sep. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,450, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0313997 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/4666 (2013.01) [H04L 12/465 (2013.01); H04L 12/4675 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving configuration information associating at least one network segment of an enterprise network site with at least one virtual network in a cloud environment associated with a cloud service provider (CSP);
configuring a software-defined wide-area network (SDWAN) router associated with a software-defined cloud infrastructure (SDCI) provider with virtual cross connect data establishing a virtual cross connect, the virtual cross connect data connecting the enterprise network site to the cloud environment associated with the CSP;
connecting a connectivity gateway in the cloud environment associated with the CSP to the at least one virtual network in the cloud environment; and
configuring a connection between the at least one network segment of the enterprise network site and the at least one virtual network in the cloud environment through the connectivity gateway, wherein the connection is based at least in part on the configuration information.