Patent ID: 9413560
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: communicating an Internet Protocol (IP) address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of a Software-defined Networking (SDN) controller in a local network to a Security as a Service (SecaaS); sending an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) request to a content provider; redirecting the HTTP or FTP request to the SecaaS for inspection; receiving content from the content provider, the content redirected from the SecaaS; receiving, from the SecaaS, flow characteristics of a particular network flow associated with the content; installing, by the SDN controller, a quality of service rule against the particular network flow on one or more on-path devices in the local network based at least in part upon the flow characteristics; and conveying from a cloud connector the received flow characteristics to one or more adjacent networks using a port control protocol (PCP) FLOWDATA option.