公开(公告)号：US20240163729A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18486838

申请日：2023-10-13

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04W28/18 ,  H04W12/04

CPC classification number: H04W28/18 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: In a wireless network, the radio frequency (RF) environment of devices that are part of the network may change, for example, as portable devices are moved by users, or as other objects (which may obstruct or reflect RF signals) move within the environment. As such, systems and methods to extend wireless access range are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240048525A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18360924

申请日：2023-07-28

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L61/4511 ,  H04L67/1021

CPC classification number: H04L61/4511 ,  H04L67/1021

Abstract: Multiple Anycast regions may be defined, and a separate Anycast address may be used for each region in order to localize client requests. In examples, when one or more Anycast servers in a first Anycast region fail or become overburdened (or are predicted to do so), one or more Anycast server in another, geographically or logically separate Anycast region that has additional capacity to handle client service requests may be dynamically added to the first Anycast region.

公开(公告)号：US20240031402A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18338778

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  H04W12/125 ,  H04L41/0659

CPC classification number: H04L63/1458 ,  H04W12/125 ,  H04L41/0661

Abstract: When several devices communicate through a wireless network, a device may, for example, as a result of having been compromised, transmit an unacceptably high level of traffic, which may interfere with the ability of other devices to communicate through the network, and which may burden the processing resources of devices receiving the traffic. As such, a system and method for suppressing transmissions from a wireless device are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230396509A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18327947

申请日：2023-06-02

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/0803

CPC classification number: H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/0803

Abstract: In large networks, configuration changes made to the network may have effects the extent of which is not easily foreseen before the configuration change is implemented. For example, the deployment of a new filter to the routers of a network may have the effect of disconnecting a larger portion of the network than was expected, and the recognition and correcting of such unintended effects may occur after a sufficient delay that users of the network may be inconvenienced. As such, a system and method for predicting outcomes of network configuration changes are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230208874A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17936024

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L9/40

CPC classification number: H04L63/1458 ,  H04L63/1416

Abstract: A method for suppressing network traffic includes: detecting an overload condition at a target device in a network; determining a source address of high traffic associated with the overload condition at the target device; generating a traffic suppression request including a source-destination tuple including a source identifier corresponding to the source address and a destination identifier corresponding to an address of the target device; sending the traffic suppression request to a router; configuring the router with a filter based on the source-destination tuple of the traffic suppression request; and filtering traffic between the source address and the target device based on the configured filter.

公开(公告)号：US20250004991A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18756625

申请日：2024-06-27

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R. B. Woodworth ,  Frank Moss ,  Kevin M. McBride ,  Brian J. Strong

IPC: G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/13

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing block-level, bit-mapped binary data access for parallel processing. In various embodiments, a computing system may cause a plurality of compute nodes to perform one or more tasks (e.g., artificial intelligence (“AI”) and/or machine learning (“ML”) tasks) on portions of decompressed data, after causing some, but not all, of the compute nodes to decompress the entire compressed data. In some cases, the computing system may cause each compute node to decompress portions of the compressed data. Once the data has been decompressed and/or bit-mapped, each compute node may be caused to perform at least one task (e.g., AI/ML task) on its assigned portion of the decompressed data. Different portions of the same decompressed data may be processed with the same (AI/ML) algorithm, or the same portions of the same decompressed data may be processed with a different (AI/ML) algorithm, or a combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US12095861B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US18338665

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R. B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L12/70 ,  H04L67/1097

CPC classification number: H04L67/1097

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic storage and forwarding of data are described. When remote storage is unreachable by a device via a wide area network (WAN), the device may negotiate for temporary storage on another device connected to the same local area network (LAN). The temporary storage may have a specified storage amount and a specified storage time. The specified storage amount and/or specified storage time may be renegotiated if more space or time is desired. Temporary storage on multiple devices connected to the LAN may be available. The data in temporary storage may be transferred between different LAN devices.

公开(公告)号：US20240297825A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18647589

申请日：2024-04-26

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L41/12 ,  H04L45/16 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L67/1021

CPC classification number: H04L41/12 ,  H04L45/16 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L67/1021

Abstract: In examples, a first Anycast advertisement is received from a first server identifying the first server as a primary address for a service. In addition, a second Anycast advertisement is received from the first server identifying the first server as a secondary address for the service. Further, a third Anycast advertisement is received from a second server identifying the second server as the secondary address for the service. A first community advertisement is also from the first server identifying the first server as a member of a first community. Thereafter, a first request is received from a client including the primary address, and the request is routed to the first server. When a second request from the client is received including the secondary address, based at least on the community advertisement, the first server is ignored, and the second request is routed to the second server.

公开(公告)号：US20240267728A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18537162

申请日：2023-12-12

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04W12/50

CPC classification number: H04W12/06 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04W12/50

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing secure network configuration and/or secure network access using a user device. In various embodiments, after establishing a secure wireless connection with a local network device, in some cases, by scanning and decoding a barcode (including connectivity data for connecting with the local network device) that is affixed to, or displayed on a display device on, a surface of the local network device, the user device may configure the local network device with settings and configurations. The user device may also provide a new wireless device with connectivity data for connecting with the local network device, in some cases, by scanning and decoding another barcode on the new wireless device to establish a secure connection to send the connectivity data. The user device and/or the new wireless device may then access a network established by the (configured) local network device.

公开(公告)号：US20240129351A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18394664

申请日：2023-12-22

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L65/61 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/242

CPC classification number: H04L65/61 ,  G06T7/0002 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/242 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/30168

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for providing dynamic remediation of a pluggable streaming device issue, such as a customer premises equipment (CPE) device. Sometimes, various features of the CPE device to begin to fail. For example, synchronization of the audio and video streams may drift, media rental purchases may time out, or playback may throttle to low quality. Such failures can be caused by device or network issues. The present disclosure describes a CPE remediation system that operates to identify a failure associated with playing media streamed by the CPE device. The CPE remediation system may further determine a solution to remediate an observed CPE device-related failure. In some examples, the CPE remediation process may further provide or perform one or more actions included in the determined solution. In some examples, the solution may include a warm or a cold reboot.