Establishing nodes for global routing manager

• US 10,681,119 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2018
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skyhigh Security LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Inventors: Horstmann, Ralf, Kendzorra, Juergen, Madikonda, Pavan Kumar, Stein, Andre, Stecher, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Whipple, Brian
• Application Number:
  US16/112,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20180367606A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/20 the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1021 based on client or server locations

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include an Orchestrator to commission a point of presence (PoP) node based on receiving an internet protocol (IP) address, the IP address associated with a geographic location; and a global routing manager for assigning a client device to a PoP node based on the received IP address. Embodiments also include a performance manager to acquire performance information about each PoP node.

Claims

1. At least one non-transitory, machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed on a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request including an internet protocol (IP) address of a device;

identifying a geographic location of the device, at least in part based on the IP address;

commissioning on demand a point of presence (PoP) node of a web gateway platform, wherein the PoP node provides web filtering, data loss prevention, email filtering, or another security service;

acquiring load information about another PoP node, the commissioning at least in part based on the load information; and

assigning the device to the PoP node, at least in part based on the load information.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein the assigning assigns the device to the PoP node at least in part based on a client policy.

3. The medium of claim 1, wherein the commissioning commissions the PoP node at least in part based on a quality of service.

4. The medium of claim 3, wherein the quality of service includes one metric of a group of metrics consisting of:

latency, throughput, and roundtrip.

5. The medium of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving performance information as feedback from the device, wherein the assigning assigns the device to the PoP node at least in part based on the performance information.

6. The medium of claim 1, wherein the PoP node is virtual or cloud-based.

7. A system, comprising:

at least one network interface that receives a request including an internet protocol (IP) address of a device; and

at least one processor configured to identify a geographic location of the device, at least in part based on the IP address,

the at least one processor configured to commission on demand a point of presence (PoP) node of a web gateway platform, wherein the PoP node provides web filtering, data loss prevention, email filtering, or another security service, and

the at least one processor configured to acquire load information about another PoP node, the commissioning at least in part based on the load information, and to assign the device to the PoP node, at least in part based on the load information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is configured to assign the device to the PoP node at least in part based on a client policy.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is configured to commission the PoP node at least in part based on a quality of service.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the quality of service includes one metric of a group of metrics consisting of:

latency, throughput, and roundtrip.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein performance information is received as feedback from the device, and the at least one processor is configured to assign the device to the PoP node at least in part based on the performance information.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the PoP node is virtual or cloud-based.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a request including an internet protocol (IP) address of a device;

identifying a geographic location of the device, at least in part based on the IP address;

commissioning on demand a point of presence (PoP) node of a web gateway platform, wherein the PoP node provides web filtering, data loss prevention, email filtering, or another security service;

acquiring load information about another PoP node, the commissioning at least in part based on the load information; and

assigning the device to the PoP node, at least in part based on the load information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the assigning assigns the device to the PoP node at least in part based on a client policy.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the commissioning commissions the PoP node at least in part based on a quality of service.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the quality of service includes one metric of a group of metrics consisting of:

latency, throughput, and roundtrip.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving performance information as feedback from the device, wherein the assigning assigns the device to the PoP node at least in part based on the performance information.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the PoP node is virtual or cloud-based.