公开(公告)号：US20240364609A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18770173

申请日：2024-07-11

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：US12040961B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US18227536

申请日：2023-07-28

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：US11899657B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US18099523

申请日：2023-01-20

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/2453

CPC classification number: G06F16/2379 ,  G06F16/2453

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：US11721228B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US16248481

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G09B5/00 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G06V40/19 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V40/18 ,  G09B5/02 ,  G09B5/04

CPC classification number: G09B5/06 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06V10/235 ,  G06V40/18 ,  G06V40/19 ,  G09B5/00 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G06T2207/30201 ,  G09B5/02 ,  G09B5/04 ,  G09B5/065

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing learning technologies, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing artificial intelligence (“AI”)-powered augmented reality learning devices. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive captured images of positions of a user's eyes correlated with particular portions of first content being displayed on a display device; might identify a first object(s) of a plurality of objects being displayed on the display device that correspond to the positions of the user's eyes as the first content is being displayed, based on analysis of the received captured images of the positions of the user's eyes; might send, to a content source, a request for additional content containing the identified first object(s); and based on a determination that second content containing the identified first object(s) is available, might retrieve and display the second content on the display surface of the display device.

公开(公告)号：US11442761B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16119323

申请日：2018-08-31

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：US11438253B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16942472

申请日：2020-07-29

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：US20220058185A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17509796

申请日：2021-10-25

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/2453

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：US11178043B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US17037258

申请日：2020-09-29

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/46

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing data routing over message brokering system network. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request to transfer data from a source to a destination over a network, a computing system might map, and analyze the map of, messaging connections among two or more nodes among a plurality of nodes within a message brokering system to identify connection paths between the source associated with a first participant in the message brokering system and the destination associated with a second participant. The computing system might encapsulate information associated with each of the source (and/or the first participant), the destination (and/or the second participant), and data protocol in a header portion of at least one message batch, and might encapsulate and send the requested data distributed amongst payload portions of each of the at least one message batch transported via an identified connection path.

公开(公告)号：US11163753B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16184744

申请日：2018-11-08

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: G06F16/23 ,  G06F16/2453

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：US20200281044A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16878036

申请日：2020-05-19

Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

Inventor： Ronald A. Lewis

IPC: H04W84/18 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/029

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligence enabled things (“IET”). In various embodiments, a first IET tag affixed to a first object among a plurality of objects might receive information regarding the first object and/or nearby objects. The first IET tag might determine a status of the first object and/or the nearby objects based at least partly on the received information and based at least partly on first data assigned to the first IET tag. The first IET tag might analyze the determined status to determine whether the determined status exceeds predetermined thresholds for normal parameters for the first object and/or the nearby objects. Based on a determination that the determined status exceeds predetermined thresholds for normal parameters for the first object and/or the nearby objects, the first IET tag might autonomously self-report to a computing system a state of the first object and/or the nearby objects.