Network Communication Management Controller, Filed Apr 23
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260111285A1, filed October 18, 2024, titled 'Managing Network Communications for a Data Processing System Using a Management Controller.' The application claims methods for a management controller to intercept and screen network data using a hosted firewall policy when a hardware firewall becomes unavailable, then redirect privileged network data to hardware resources for service provision. The application names nine inventors including Adolfo Sandor Montero, Richard M. Tonry, and Bassem El-Azzami, and carries CPC classifications G06F 9/5055 and H04L 63/0227.
“The network data may be screened, by the management controller, based on a firewall policy hosted by the management controller to identify a privileged portion of the network data.”
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USPTO classification H04L covers transmission of digital information: network protocols, modulation schemes, wireless signal processing, coding, encryption in transit, and multiplexing. With 5G, 6G, and satellite internet driving new filings, H04L is one of the largest active patent classes. Every newly published application in H04L lands in this feed, around 215 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing, so this feed reveals what MediaTek, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei, and dozens of smaller companies were working on in the prior year and a half. Watch this if you compete in networking hardware, advise telecoms on IP strategy, or scout acquisition targets in wireless infrastructure.
What changed
USPTO published patent application US20260111285A1 for a network communication management system using a management controller. The claimed invention allows a management controller to intercept network data directed to hardware resources when a hosted firewall is unavailable, screen the data against a firewall policy stored on the management controller, and redirect privileged network data to the hardware for providing computer-implemented services.
Affected parties include manufacturers of data processing systems and network hardware seeking to protect system availability during firewall failures. The application is relevant to technology companies developing resilient network management solutions and hardware manufacturers implementing embedded management controllers in servers and data center equipment.
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MANAGING NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING A MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER
Application US20260111285A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
ADOLFO SANDOR MONTERO, RICHARD M. TONRY, BASSEM EL-AZZAMI, VINODKUMAR VASUDEV OTTAR, ABEYE TESHOME, LUIS ANTONIO VALENCIA REYES, MOHIT ARORA, RAJARAVI CHANDRA KOLLARAPU
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing network communications of a data processing system are disclosed. The method may include identifying that a firewall hosted by hardware resources of the data processing system may be unavailable. When identified, a management controller may intercept network data directed to the hardware resources from remote entities. To do so, a network module of the data processing system may be utilized. The network data may be screened, by the management controller, based on a firewall policy hosted by the management controller to identify a privileged portion of the network data. The privileged portion of the network data may be redirected to the hardware resources for use in providing computer-implemented services.
CPC Classifications
G06F 9/5055 H04L 63/0227
Filing Date
2024-10-18
Application No.
18920111
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