US 12,355,676 B2
Resource orchestration for multiple services
Shankar Ramanathan, Richardson, TX (US); Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US); and Carlos M. Pignataro, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/588,916.
Application 18/588,916 is a continuation of application No. 17/969,345, filed on Oct. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,991,090.
Application 17/969,345 is a continuation of application No. 17/157,029, filed on Jan. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,539,637, issued on Dec. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195751 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 47/80 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/80 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by an orchestration engine executing on a network device, a request, from a first service of a plurality of services that are executing within one of one or more containers, for use of a physical/hardware resource that connects the one or more containers running on the network device to a network, wherein the request includes a priority;
determining whether to connect the first service to the network via the physical/hardware resource based on the priority in the request; and
establishing, at a kernel level, a connection between the first service from among the plurality of services executing in the one or more containers and the physical/hardware resource based on determining to connect the first service.