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公开(公告)号：US10944748B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US15925351
申请日：2018-03-19
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Michael J. Fargano , Charles I. Cook , Kevin M. McBride , John T. Pugaczewski
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing application, service, and/or content access control. Based at least in part on a consumer's choice of applications, services, content, and/or content providers—particular in exchange for a subsidy on content and/or network access fees provided to the consumer by chosen content providers—, a computing system may determine whether access to applications, services, and/or content not associated with the chosen content providers (“other content”) should be allowed or restricted. If restricted, the computing system might utilize various network access techniques and/or technologies to block the consumer's access to the other content, to allow access to the other content on a charge per access basis, or to allow access to the other content at reduced network access speeds. In some embodiments, an access provider (e.g., an Internet service provider, etc.) might perform both determination and implementation of content access and restriction.
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公开(公告)号：US10904108B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-26
申请号：US16848162
申请日：2020-04-14
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Thomas Schwengler , Steven M. Casey , Kevin M. McBride , Felipe Castro
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for invoking virtualized network functions. In some embodiments, a programmable service backbone might comprise at least one virtualized network function, and might provide virtualized network functions required to provision a service offering. In some cases, at least one application programming interface might be configured to invoke the at least one virtualized network function of the programmable service backbone. An application programming interface gateway might be configured to manage access to the at least one application programming interface, and the application programming interface gateway might comprise a security layer. Virtualized service equipment, which might be in communication with the application programming interface gateway, might provide authentication indicative of selected virtualized network functions associated with the service offering, and the security layer might release an authorized subset of virtualized network functions of the at least one virtualized network function based on the authentication.
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公开(公告)号：US10897523B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-19
申请号：US16511805
申请日：2019-07-15
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Charles I. Cook , Michael K. Bugenhagen , Kevin M. McBride , Andrew V. Cook , Michael J. Fargano
IPC: H04L29/06 , H04B10/27 , H04L29/08 , H04L12/28 , H04L12/715 , H04L12/947 , H04L12/66 , H04L12/46 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/12
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing extension of customer local area networks (“LANs”) and/or implementing isolated service overlays over a network. In some embodiments, a network service point that is located external to a demarcation point at each of a plurality of customer premises might establish a connection between a service provider network and a customer LAN, which has already been established within a customer premises. The system subsequently extends the customer LAN, via this connection, to span between the network service point and the customer premises. Alternatively, or additionally, the system might establish two or more isolated service overlays across the customer LAN between the network service point and the customer premises, each of the two or more isolated service overlays having network traffic that is isolated from network traffic transmitted along another of the two or more isolated service overlays.
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公开(公告)号：US10862822B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US16670634
申请日：2019-10-31
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Michael K. Bugenhagen , Kevin M. McBride
IPC: H04L12/927 , H04L12/923 , H04L12/875
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intent-based service configuration, conformance, and auditing. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive a request for network services from a customer, the request for network services comprising desired characteristics and performance parameters for the requested network services, without information regarding specific hardware, hardware type, or network for providing the requested services. The computing system might analyze first metadata regarding resource attributes and characteristics of unassigned network resources to identify network resources among unassigned network resources for providing the requested network services, the first metadata having been striped to entries of the unassigned network resources in resource database(s). Based on the analysis, the computing system might allocate identified network resource(s) for providing the requested network services, and updating a service database by adding or updating an entry in the service database with information indicating that the identified network resource(s) have been allocated.
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公开(公告)号：US10762176B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-01
申请号：US16149446
申请日：2018-10-02
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Steven M. Casey , Thomas Schwengler , Kevin M. McBride , Felipe Castro
Abstract: A license manager includes a processor and non-transitory computer readable media having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive a request, from a virtual machine, to reserve an individual license of the set of authorized licenses for a vendor software instance, determine the availability licenses for the requested vendor software, register a unique identifier of the virtual machine in association with an available individual license, grant the individual license to the virtual machine, and prevent the granted individual license from concurrent use by other virtual machines or devices.
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公开(公告)号：US20200252220A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16774962
申请日：2020-01-28
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Kevin M. McBride , Stephen Opferman , Steven M. Casey , William O'Brien, JR.
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for utilizing blockchain to implement named data networking. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine whether a cache that is communicatively coupled to the computing system contains data that is responsive to a first request received from a user. If so, the computing system might retrieve and send (to the client device) data that is responsive to the received first request. If not, the computing system might send, to a blockchain system, a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing data responsive to the received first request. In response to identifying such a blockchain, the computing system might receive a copy of the identified blockchain; might abstract, from the identified blockchain, the block containing the data responsive to the received first request; might abstract the data from the identified block; and might send the data to the client device.
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公开(公告)号：US20190253759A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-15
申请号：US16397874
申请日：2019-04-29
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Clinton J. Smoyer , Andrew V. Cook , Jade D. Kerr , Michael P. Morrissey , Kevin M. McBride
IPC: H04N21/466 , H04N21/6543 , H04N7/173 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/4335 , H04N21/433 , H04N21/262 , H04N21/258 , H04N21/2668 , H04N21/45 , H04N21/61 , H04N21/24 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/4147 , H04N21/437 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/6405
CPC classification number: H04N21/4667 , H04N7/17318 , H04N21/2402 , H04N21/25891 , H04N21/26275 , H04N21/2668 , H04N21/4147 , H04N21/4331 , H04N21/4334 , H04N21/4335 , H04N21/437 , H04N21/44222 , H04N21/4532 , H04N21/47202 , H04N21/6125 , H04N21/6405 , H04N21/64322 , H04N21/6543
Abstract: A system and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory are disclosed. An electronic device is associated with a subscriber and is in communication with a data distribution network configured to deliver data by a service provider to the subscriber. The data distribution network comprises a server in communication with the data distribution network and the server configured to deliver a stream of data over the data distribution network. The electronic device comprises a first memory communicatively connected to the server. The first memory is configured to receive and store data from the server and it is accessible by the subscriber. A second memory is also communicatively connected to the server. The second memory is configured to receive and store data from the server, though the second memory is accessible only by the service provider.
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公开(公告)号：US10356225B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-16
申请号：US15148711
申请日：2016-05-06
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Charles I. Cook , Michael K. Bugenhagen , Kevin M. McBride , Andrew V. Cook , Michael J. Fargano
IPC: H04B10/27 , H04L12/28 , H04L29/06 , H04L29/08 , H04L12/715 , H04L12/947 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/12 , H04L12/46
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing extension of customer local area networks (“LANs”) and/or implementing isolated service overlays over a network. In some embodiments, a network service point that is located external to a demarcation point at each of a plurality of customer premises might establish a connection between a service provider network and a customer LAN, which has already been established within a customer premises. The system subsequently extends the customer LAN, via this connection, to span between the network service point and the customer premises. Alternatively, or additionally, the system might establish two or more isolated service overlays across the customer LAN between the network service point and the customer premises, each of the two or more isolated service overlays having network traffic that is isolated from network traffic transmitted along another of the two or more isolated service overlays.
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99.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190182177A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-13
申请号：US16277498
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Michael K. Bugenhagen , Kevin M. McBride
IPC: H04L12/927 , H04L12/923
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intent-based service configuration, conformance, and auditing. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive a request for network services from a customer, the request for network services comprising desired characteristics and performance parameters for the requested network services, without information regarding specific hardware, hardware type, or network for providing the requested services. The computing system might analyze first metadata regarding resource attributes and characteristics of unassigned network resources to identify network resources among unassigned network resources for providing the requested network services, the first metadata having been striped to entries of the unassigned network resources in resource database(s). Based on the analysis, the computing system might allocate identified network resource(s) for providing the requested network services, and updating a service database by adding or updating an entry in the service database with information indicating that the identified network resource(s) have been allocated.
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公开(公告)号：US20190028363A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US16139178
申请日：2018-09-24
Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Inventor： Kevin M. McBride , Felipe Castro , Steven M. Casey , Thomas Schwengler
IPC: H04L12/24
Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for remotely configuring and orchestrating multifunctional cloud devices located on customer premises, in some cases, using a smart cloud adaptive device. In some embodiments, the smart cloud adaptive device, which might have one or more wireless programmable radios configured to communicate with a network termination device, might communicate with a cloud configuration server over a network via the one or more wireless programmable radios (and, in some embodiments, through the network termination device). The smart cloud adaptive device might transmit device identification information associated with a customer and/or service codes indicative of services to be provided to the customer. The smart cloud adaptive device might receive one or more configuration files from the cloud configuration server based on the service codes, and enable functionality among a plurality of functionalities to provision the services, based on the one or more configuration files.
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