公开(公告)号：US20240372795A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18630619

申请日：2024-04-09

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L43/0894 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04N7/18

Abstract: Video cameras are present in a wide variety of electronic devices. Such video cameras may present an opportunity for unauthorized video surveillance, for example, by a malicious actor who may attack, compromise, and commandeer such a camera. As such, systems and methods for improved camera security are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240031436A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18338665

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: 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：US20230412660A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18329771

申请日：2023-06-06

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

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

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230403436A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18329947

申请日：2023-06-06

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/443 ,  G16Y10/70

CPC classification number: H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/4432 ,  G16Y10/70

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method that can be used to define a standardized interface through which Internet of Things (IoT) device notifications from one or more IoT devices can be received and served to one or more network-connected television device displays based on configuration information. For instance, an IoT device notification, such as an informational notification, warning, video stream, or other information output by one of various types of IoT devices may be served to and displayed as a Picture-in-Picture on the network-connected television device display. The configuration information may cause an IoT device notification to be displayed on one or more network-connected television device displays when availability of the network-connected television device display is known, when availability of the network-connected television device display in association with a particular user is known, or according to another determined delivery action.

公开(公告)号：US20230396586A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18329337

申请日：2023-06-05

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L9/40

CPC classification number: H04L63/0245 ,  H04L63/0236

Abstract: In a network in which connections are made, between devices or between network segments, through security devices such as firewalls, a user attempting to contact a destination device may be prevented from doing so by some or all of the security devices, which may silently block packets, sent by the user, addressed to the destination device. The remedying of this inability to contact the destination device may be made more difficult by a lack of knowledge, on the part of the user, regarding which security devices are configured to block the packets. As such, a system and method for managing network access are provided.

公开(公告)号：US11824716B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17959656

申请日：2022-10-04

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R. B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  H04L41/0823 ,  H04L41/16 ,  H04L41/08 ,  G06F15/16

CPC classification number: H04L41/0836 ,  H04L41/0883 ,  H04L41/16

Abstract: A method for controlling deployment of network configuration changes includes receiving, by centralized network management system executed by a processor and memory, configuration change instructions to alter a configuration of a network; computing, by the centralized network management system, a weighted impact of the configuration change instructions; determining, by the centralized network management system, whether the weighted impact of the configuration change instructions exceeds a threshold impact level; and in response to determining that the weighted impact does not exceed the threshold impact level, executing the configuration change instructions.

公开(公告)号：US20230208923A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17936134

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L67/148 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L9/40

CPC classification number: H04L67/148 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L63/0428

Abstract: In a system with a plurality of servers serving one or more clients, situations may arise in which a client has a connection to a first server which is providing a service to the client, and in which it would be advantageous to transfer the connection to a second server, in a manner that does not require the re-establishing of the connection or the making of a renewed request, by the client, for the service. As such, a system and method for transferring a client connection from one server to another server are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230196009A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17935421

申请日：2022-09-26

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: G06F40/197 ,  G06F40/143 ,  G06F16/957

CPC classification number: G06F40/197 ,  G06F16/9577 ,  G06F40/143

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating rendering of a webpage are provided. In an example, a render of a portion of a webpage is analyzed to determine if the webpage is being properly loaded at a device. Loading of a webpage may be based on a browser loading the webpage and/or device information (e.g., an operating system running on the device, if the device is a desktop or mobile device, the size of the device, etc.). Renders of the webpage are analyzed to determine if a browser and/or device information is certifiable or suspect for the webpage. Browsers and/or device information that is certified may allow exemption of analysis of renders sent from devices with the same browser and/or device information. Alternatively, devices that have browsers and/or device information that is suspect may be sent feedback providing recommendations for alternate browsers or redirected to a simpler interface for the webpage.

公开(公告)号：US20230115728A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17822453

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L67/5682

Abstract: A system includes: a webserver system configured to host a dynamic webpage; a requestor device configured to communicate with the webserver system over a first network to receive the dynamic webpage; and a resource device communicably connected to the requestor device over a second network, and configured to cache a core-static webpage corresponding to the dynamic webpage. In response to the webserver system being unavailable to provide the dynamic webpage, the requestor device is configured to communicate with the resource device over the second network to request the core-static webpage.

公开(公告)号：US20220345445A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17659564

申请日：2022-04-18

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew ,  James C. Anders

IPC: H04L61/5061 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/60 ,  H04L43/065

Abstract: The present application describes the generation and use of micro-pools that are assigned to various DHCP servers by an agent. In examples, each micro-pool includes a set number of IP addresses. The agent tracks which DHCP servers are assigned which micro-pools. As the IP addresses of a micro-pool are assigned to requesting computing devices, the agent may subsequently assign an additional micro-pool to a particular DHCP server.