公开(公告)号：US20250016228A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18886415

申请日：2024-09-16

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: 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：US20240372798A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18647356

申请日：2024-04-26

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L45/03 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/02

Abstract: In a network system, network switching devices such as routers may store routes to various networks. The system may on occasion be reconfigured, e.g., as new network switching devices are brought on line, or as servers are moved to new locations. Such reconfiguring may involve the storing of new routes in a network switching device, or the deletion of routes stored in a network switching device. As such, systems and methods for cloaking routes are provided.

公开(公告)号：US12107823B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18360924

申请日：2023-07-28

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R. B. Woodworth

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  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：US20230396523A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18327492

申请日：2023-06-01

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L43/06 ,  H04B17/318

CPC classification number: H04L43/06 ,  H04B17/318

Abstract: When a user of a mobile telephone moves into an area lacking wireless service, the user may be hindered in various respects, including losing the ability to retrieve a remotely stored map. This may be inconvenient and may have safety implications if the user is in a remote area, e.g., hiking, or in a disabled vehicle. As such, systems and methods to map localized wireless coverage are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230396522A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18327508

申请日：2023-06-01

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R.B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L41/5067 ,  H04L41/344 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L43/0811

CPC classification number: H04L41/5067 ,  H04L41/344 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L43/0811

Abstract: Customer premises equipment, such as a gateway device, for making a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) may on occasion be defective or improperly set up, and in such circumstances remote troubleshooting by a technician employed by the Internet service provider may be hampered by the absence of a connection to the customer premises equipment. As such, a system and method for providing a secondary link to customer premises equipment are provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230269221A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18137724

申请日：2023-04-21

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

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

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

CPC classification number: H04L61/5061 ,  H04L43/065 ,  H04L67/60 ,  H04L61/5007

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230216738A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17959656

申请日：2022-10-04

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R. B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

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

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：US12261752B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US18327508

申请日：2023-06-01

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R. B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L43/0817 ,  H04L41/0654 ,  H04L41/344 ,  H04L41/5067 ,  H04L43/0811

Abstract: Customer premises equipment, such as a gateway device, for making a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) may on occasion be defective or improperly set up, and in such circumstances remote troubleshooting by a technician employed by the Internet service provider may be hampered by the absence of a connection to the customer premises equipment. As such, a system and method for providing a secondary link to customer premises equipment are provided.

公开(公告)号：US12155529B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18511411

申请日：2023-11-16

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： John R. B. Woodworth ,  Dean Ballew

IPC: H04L41/0823 ,  H04L41/08 ,  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：US20240364500A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18630595

申请日：2024-04-09

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Dean Ballew ,  John R.B. Woodworth

IPC: H04L9/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04N23/11 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/695

CPC classification number: H04L9/065 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04N23/11 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/695

Abstract: Video cameras are used for monitoring, e.g., for security, in various applications, such as monitoring property, or ingress or egress points from buildings. Such video cameras may be vulnerable to various kinds of attack, which may seek to interfere with the capturing of a video stream by the camera, or with the subsequent transmission of the video stream. As such, systems and methods for authenticating video feeds are provided.