Cloudflare had two patents in internet of things during Q2 2024. Cloudflare Inc’s patent filed in Q2 2024 involves a server in a distributed cloud computing network receiving traffic from an IoT device connected to customer-premises equipment. The server enforces an egress traffic policy to determine if the traffic is allowed to be transmitted to the destination, dropping it if not permitted and transmitting it if allowed. GlobalData’s report on Cloudflare gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Cloudflare had no grants in internet of things as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Isolating internet-of-things (IoT) devices using a secure overlay network (Patent ID: US20240163301A1)
Cloudflare Inc. has filed a patent for a method that involves a server in a distributed cloud computing network receiving traffic from an IoT device connected to a customer-premises equipment (CPE) over a tunnel. The server enforces an egress traffic policy based on historical data to determine if the traffic is allowed to reach its destination, dropping unauthorized traffic and transmitting permitted traffic. The method also includes translating private IP addresses to public IP addresses before transmitting the traffic and enforcing an ingress traffic policy for traffic destined to the IoT device.
Additionally, the patent includes claims for using different types of tunnels, such as GRE or IPSec, specifying predefined destinations for permitted traffic, and dropping unauthorized traffic based on the egress traffic policy. The patent also covers operations for a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and a compute server to perform the described method, ensuring secure and efficient transmission of IoT device traffic within the cloud computing network.
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