公开(公告)号：US20180294610A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US15851082

申请日：2017-12-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: H01R24/64 ,  H01R27/02 ,  H01R24/30 ,  H01R25/00 ,  H05K7/14

CPC classification number: H01R24/64 ,  H01R24/22 ,  H01R24/30 ,  H01R25/003 ,  H01R25/006 ,  H01R27/02 ,  H04Q1/00 ,  H05K7/14 ,  H05K7/1492

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a power distribution unit, and, more particularly, for implementing a power distribution unit to transmit data over a powerline. In various embodiments, a power distribution unit, might electrically and communicatively couple one or more external devices to a power source. The power distribution unit might include at least one power input, a plurality of power outputs, a plurality of communications ports, and at least one adapter. The at least one adapter might be configured to transmit data received from at least one communications port to the at least one power input and transmit data received from the at least one power input to at least one Ethernet port.

公开(公告)号：US20230327947A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18210957

申请日：2023-06-16

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis ,  Stephen Opferman

IPC: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/5022

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/5022

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for network data plane management are provided. A system includes a host machine that includes a database, processor, and non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by the processor to obtain, via the database, a network configuration, spawn a container according to the network configuration, wherein the container is configured, based on the network configuration, to be coupled to a network overlay via a network interface, receive, via the network interface, incoming data associated with the container, the incoming data having attached one or more attached network data attributes, and identify, via the database, the attached one or more network data attributes attached to the incoming data as one or more network data attributes of the network data model.

公开(公告)号：US11722394B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17901921

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: H04L43/0852 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L67/01

CPC classification number: H04L43/0852 ,  H04L63/02 ,  H04L63/0263 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L63/1408 ,  H04L67/01

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing firewall functionalities, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing high availability (“HA”) web application firewall (“WAF”) functionalities. In various embodiments, a first computing system might monitor network communications between a client and a server providing access to software applications, and might determine whether latency has been introduced as a result of at least one first WAF container having been launched and whether any introduced latency exceeds a predetermined threshold, each first WAF container being tuned to a corresponding software application and protecting the software application from network attacks. Based on a determination that latency has been introduced and based on a determination that the introduced latency exceeds the predetermined threshold, one or more second WAF containers may be launched, each being tuned to the corresponding software application. Subsequently, any unused or underutilized WAF containers may be decommissioned or deleted.

公开(公告)号：US11630686B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17942589

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property, LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F11/34

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing virtual machine (“VM”) management, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing VM management using hardware compression. In various embodiments, a computing system might identify one or more first virtual machines (“VM's”) among a plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently inactive and might identify one or more second VM's among the plurality of VM's that are determined to be currently active. The computing system might compress a virtual hard drive associated with each of the identified one or more first VM's that are determined to be currently inactive. The computing system might also perform or continue to perform one or more operations using each of the identified one or more second VM's that are determined to be currently active.

公开(公告)号：US20220417125A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17901921

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: H04L43/0852 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L67/01

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing firewall functionalities, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing high availability (“HA”) web application firewall (“WAF”) functionalities. In various embodiments, a first computing system might monitor network communications between a client and a server providing access to software applications, and might determine whether latency has been introduced as a result of at least one first WAF container having been launched and whether any introduced latency exceeds a predetermined threshold, each first WAF container being tuned to a corresponding software application and protecting the software application from network attacks. Based on a determination that latency has been introduced and based on a determination that the introduced latency exceeds the predetermined threshold, one or more second WAF containers may be launched, each being tuned to the corresponding software application. Subsequently, any unused or underutilized WAF containers may be decommissioned or deleted.

公开(公告)号：US11327811B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US15849924

申请日：2017-12-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  H04L67/1004 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/52 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a distributed computing mesh, and, more particularly, for implementing a distributed computing mesh using a hierarchical framework to distribute workload across multiple computing nodes. In various embodiments, a hierarchical distributed computing mesh might be implemented using a plurality of network nodes. A first control node may assign at least one first network node as at least one second control node. The second control node might receive a computing task from the first control node. The second control node might designate additional network nodes to process one or more portions of the computing task. The second control node may then divide the computing task and send the one or more portions of the computing task to the additional network nodes for processing. The second control node may receive one or more processed portions of the computing task from the additional network nodes.

公开(公告)号：US20220059216A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17037280

申请日：2020-09-29

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G16H40/20 ,  G16H10/60 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H20/13 ,  G16H20/17 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G16H20/30 ,  G16H20/60 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/60 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing home health monitoring of patients via extension of healthcare system network into customer premises. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, wirelessly from a data collector assigned to a patient, collected patient data obtained by a patient device(s) associated with the patient. The computing system and/or a management console might establish a network transport link between the computing system and a healthcare data system that is accessible by a healthcare provider(s), and might send the patient data over the network transport link to the healthcare data system. The management console might store the patient data in a portion of the healthcare data system that is allocated to information regarding the patient, wherein the network transport link is configured as a one-way link that prevents access to any data stored in the healthcare data system via the one-way link.

公开(公告)号：US20200344626A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16449185

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis ,  Mark B. Nielsen

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W24/04 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a monitoring sensor(s), one or more characteristics of each of at least one of telecommunications equipment, telecommunications equipment batteries, or battery strings, in some cases via a network maintenance tunnel. The computing system might analyze the monitored one or more characteristics to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues. Based on a determination that one or more of at least one telecommunications equipment, at least one telecommunications equipment battery, or at least one battery string have equipment health issues, the computing system might send a notification to a user(s), the notification comprising information regarding the at least one telecommunications equipment, the at least one telecommunications equipment battery, and/or the at least one battery string having equipment health issues.

公开(公告)号：US20200089793A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16184744

申请日：2018-11-08

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing data storage and/or retrieval, and, more particularly, for implementing data associations. In various embodiments, an associations rules engine might query data aggregation data services to determine whether a first data object (which along with a first relationship rule that indicates a one-to-one relationship between the first data object and a corresponding second data object) is associated with one or more third data objects; might abstract the first data object, the first relationship rule, and the one or more third data objects; might update, in a metadata catalog, a catalog entry corresponding to the first data object with one or more associations among various data objects; and might provide a requesting computing system with access to the catalog entry corresponding to the first data object, the computing system performing one or more computational tasks using the associations stored in the catalog entry.

公开(公告)号：US20200026638A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16119296

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F11/36

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing data flow or code analysis, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing analysis of data flow or code using code division. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive a software code for testing, might identify at least one divisible point for each of one or more portions of the received software code, and might divide the software code into the one or more portions based on the identified divisible points. Each of the one or more portions, after being divided, is an atomic element of the software code that is capable of execution independent of other portions of the software code. The computing system might analyze at least one portion of the one or more portions of the received software code, each portion being analyzed separately from analysis of other portions of the received software code.