US 12,284,119 B2
Application-based data labeling
Ian James Wells, San Jose, CA (US); Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery, Woodbury, MN (US); Carlos M. Pignataro, Cary, NC (US); and Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,755.
Application 18/129,755 is a continuation of application No. 17/388,754, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,646,969.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254255 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/24 (2013.01) [H04L 45/507 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a virtual socket of a device, non-packetized data from an application;
generating, by the virtual socket of the device, a label based on the application;
generating, by the device, one or more data packets by packetizing the non-packetized data, wherein packetizing the non-packetized data comprises encapsulating the non-packetized data;
adding, by the device, a tag to the one or more data packets based on the label; and
transmitting, by the device, the one or more data packets to an external device.