Patents Assigned to Intellectual Property, LLC
  • Publication number: 20250150325
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to identification and assessment of security threats to a computer system using zero trust security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLInk Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Edward Pick, Jordan Markley Kubias, Ryan Miller
  • Publication number: 20250141973
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to deleting a telecommunications network resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Syed HAIDER, Christopher MAHAN, Boris ABRAMOVICH
  • Patent number: 12289414
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for utilizing blockchain to implement named data networking. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine whether a cache that is communicatively coupled to the computing system contains data that is responsive to a first request received from a user. If so, the computing system might retrieve and send (to the client device) data that is responsive to the received first request. If not, the computing system might send, to a blockchain system, a second request for identifying a blockchain containing a block containing data responsive to the received first request. In response to identifying such a blockchain, the computing system might receive a copy of the identified blockchain; might abstract, from the identified blockchain, the block containing the data responsive to the received first request; might abstract the data from the identified block; and might send the data to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. McBride, Stephen Opferman, Steven M. Casey, William O'Brien, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20250133128
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing error detection in a network, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing error and/or fault detection in a network and/or media stream and providing options to address the error and/or fault in the network and/or media stream. In various embodiments, a computer might detect an error in a first network and send a notification indicating that the error has occurred. The notification might contain one or more options to address the error in the first network. The computer, a user device, a service provider device, or a content provider device might receive and display the notification containing the one or more options. The computer, the user device, the service provider device, or the content provider device might then select at least one of the one or more options to address the error in the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Sprenger, Steven M. Casey, Katie S. Feiman, Zubin Ingah
  • Publication number: 20250129681
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are used for activating a downhole tool, powered by an exothermic reaction, for operation, while deploying a tubing string from a wellbore surface. The tubing string comprises a coupling for enabling pressurized activation of the downhole tool, which comprises a fuel (e.g., thermite) for producing the exothermic reaction. The coupling enables fluid to flow into an interior of the coupling through a first flow passage, during descent of the downhole tool. A stopper is dropped and/or seated to cause the coupling interior to pressurize to an activation pressure, which causes an activator to activate a burn within the downhole tool. Once the downhole tool completes its operation, the coupling interior is further pressurized to burst a burst disc, which opens a second flow passage for fluid to flow from the interior to exterior of the coupling, while downhole tool and coupling are raised to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Robertson, Douglas J. Streibich, Antony F. Grattan
  • Patent number: 12281981
    Abstract: A method may include measuring, by an NIR device, a first near-infrared (NIR) spectrum at an edge of a composite panel formed using a blend of paper fragments and plastic fragments, measuring, by the NIR device, a second NIR spectrum at the edge of the composite panel, aggregating, by a controller of the NIR device, the first and second spectra to obtain an aggregated spectrum, and comparing the aggregated spectrum to calibration data to determine a plastic composition of the composite panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Brady Samuelson, Brian McQuerrey
  • Patent number: 12284090
    Abstract: An edge computing telecommunications network is provided for efficiently generating and updating computing models for use at distributed devices connected to different edge compute sites of the network. A network orchestration system may track devices connected to the network and the edge compute sites to which they are connected. The devices may comprise limited computing power and may include sensors or other data collection mechanisms. Raw data may be provided from connected devices to one or more edge compute sites. Edge compute sites may be instructed, e.g., by the network orchestration system, whether to replicate the raw data, modify the data to make it ready for consumption by a computing model, replicate the modified data, refine the computing model, replicate the refined computing model, and/or share some or all of the raw data, modified data, and/or refined computing model with other edge computing sites and/or connected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, Alison Grayson, Carlos Santiago
  • Patent number: 12284085
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, computing devices, computer-implemented methods, and the like for modeling and/or simulating performance of a telecommunications network during one or more failure scenarios that reduces computational time and/or power over previous simulation techniques. Modeling and simulating the network may include generating an initial network model from network data information and applying one or more transformations to the initial network model to reduce the size of the model. Following transformation, simulation methods may be applied to the generated network model based on routing characteristics of the components of the network. To reduce the computations utilized to simulate such components and/or routing decisions in the network, one or more simulation algorithms may be applied to the transformed network model to reduce the number of routing decisions simulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Wilson
  • Patent number: 12284000
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing easy digital subscriber line (“DSL”) signal detection. In various embodiments, after a connector of a signal detector has been inserted into a network service port, a processor of the signal detector may determine whether at least one C-tone is present on at least one signal wire communicatively coupled to the network service port, the at least one C-tone being indicative of network service being ready for provision via the at least one signal wire. If so, the processor of the signal detector may cause a display device to indicate to a user that the network service port is ready to provide the network service. A modem can then be installed by connecting with the network service port. The connector, the processor, and the display device are integrated within a single, compact, handheld form factor of the signal detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Bieniek, Brian E. Bond
  • Patent number: 12284316
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing call center-based automated interface with voice switches for voice service diagnostics and provisioning. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request by a call center user to access a voice service customer account, a computing system may access information regarding the voice service customer account that is stored in a database, may identify a switch that is configured to control voice service to a customer premises associated with the customer, based at least in part on the accessed information, and may autonomously access, from other databases, information associated with the voice service customer account. The computing system may integrate the accessed information, may generate and present a user interface (“UI”) displaying the accessed information, and may generate and present one or more options within the UI for the call center user to select to change features of the voice service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Jaime D. Lemley, David Stegeman
  • Publication number: 20250124030
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to moving data between cloud-based platforms and on premise databases. A method may include providing a software platform to receive user requests for moving data from cloud platforms to on premise databases; receiving, via the software platform, a user request to move first data from a first cloud platform to a first on premise database accessible to the software platform; executing, based on the user request, using the software platform, a query for the first data; and retrieving, based on executing the query, using the software platform, the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. WOLDAHL, Abid KHAN, Maia FRIESER, Thomas JAY
  • Publication number: 20250126501
    Abstract: A wireless testing system is provided that testing transmission speeds associated with a WLAN or other wireless network. In one instance, a network transmission between a device in a telecommunications network and a modem be measured and initiated via an application executed on a mobile device. One or more Wi-Fi speed tests may also be performed to determine a transmission speed between a wireless device associated with the premises and the modem of the WLAN. To conduct the Wi-Fi speed test, a mobile device (such as the mobile device executing the application) may transmit, in some instances in response to an input to the mobile device, an instruction to the test controller to conduct the Wi-Fi speed test. The measured transmission speeds may be controlled by a controller that may store the speed test results in a network repository available to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: William J. Keaton, Brian E. Bond, David J. Moore
  • Publication number: 20250126171
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing real-time access to remote media production editing functionality. In various embodiments, in response to a request for real-time access to remote media production editing functionalities, a computing system provisions access to a media production software application (“app”) on at least one of compute resources on at least one network edge node among a plurality of network edge nodes. The computing system establish an access connection between the at least one network edge node and a remote media storage system, via remote direct memory access (“RDMA”) functionality. The computing system provides access to at least one media production file that is stored on the remote media storage system via the established access connection, for editing using the instantiated media production app. User input for the instantiated media production app and data, content, and/or editing results may be relayed over the established access connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Sotiri Terry Barbounis, Scott Brindamour
  • Publication number: 20250126200
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing automated robocall detection. In various embodiments, a computing system may compare first abstracted raw data, obtained from a portion of call data from a first call from a first originating party, with each of a plurality of abstracted raw data, obtained from portions of call data from a plurality of calls from a corresponding plurality of originating parties. In some instances, the plurality of abstracted raw data and the first abstracted raw data may each include at least one of word count data, phoneme count data, inter-word timing data, voice pitch estimation data, and/or background noise data. The computing system may determine whether the first abstracted raw data is indicative of the first call being a suspected unsolicited or unwanted communication, based at least in part on the comparison. If so, the computing system may perform one or more tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Giagnocavo, Michael Stillman
  • Patent number: 12275171
    Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method producing a composite board comprising plastic and cellulose is described. The method includes transmitting a first signal to a pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the first signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to compress and heat a composite mat; transmitting a second signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the second signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to heat and compress the composite mat at substantially a first pressure for a first time period; transmitting a third signal to the pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the third signal causing the pair of opposing hot-platens to release the composite mat from the first pressure; and transmitting a fourth signal to a pair of opposing cold-platens, receipt of the fourth signal causing the pair of opposing cold-platens to compress and cool the composite mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Marko Suput
  • Publication number: 20250110509
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing mobile integrated field-deployed task-based equipment automation system. In various embodiments, a system includes autonomous mobile field equipment systems, an equipment transport system, and a system orchestrator. The system orchestrator is configured to deploy, control, and coordinate the equipment transport system to transport, load, deploy, and receive autonomous mobile field equipment systems, and configured to deploy, control, and coordinate each autonomous mobile field equipment systems to perform the tasks within a deployment location. Each autonomous mobile field equipment system includes a propulsion system, a set(s) of task-based actuators, sensors, a computing system, a communications system, and a power supply system. The set(s) of task-based actuators is configured to perform a set of tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: William R. Benassi
  • Patent number: 12265449
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing software-based network probes for monitoring network devices for fault management. In various embodiments, a computing system may receive, from at least one software-based network probe, a first alert associated with a first device among layer 4 devices disposed in a plurality of networks; may parse and store first alert data from the received first alert in a database, in a standardized format; may perform, using an enrichment system, enrichment of the first alert data, by retrieving first enrichment data from one or more second databases and adding the first enrichment data to the parsed and formatted first alert data in the first database to form first consolidated alert data; and may send the first consolidated alert data to a fault management system for display to a user to facilitate addressing of the first alert by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Level 3 Communications, LLC, CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Steve Toms, David Sutton, Wayne L. Williams, Binu Baby, Nashat Saqqa, Amer Khan, Pranit Ambardekar, Ranjith Kumar Nooka, Mark Chase, Keith Sebesta, Tim W. Kimpton, Shelley Goldner, Shelli L. Hurd
  • Patent number: 12257814
    Abstract: A method may include forming a mat including paper fragments, plastic fragments, and top and bottom outer surface layers, wherein the outer surface layers have maximum processing temperature values and consolidating the formed mat in a continuous hot press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of heating platens has a first heating power. A second pair of heating platens has a second, lower heating power. A third pair of heating platens has a third, even lower heating power. The method may include consolidating the formed mat in a continuous cold press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of cooling platens has a first cooling power. A second pair of cooling platens has a second, lower cooling power. A third pair of cooling platens and has a third, even lower cooling power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matt Spencer, Marko Suput, Kasey Fisher
  • Patent number: 12261752
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: John R. B. Woodworth, Dean Ballew
  • Patent number: 12259900
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing off-chain functionality for data contained in blocks of blockchain. In various embodiments, a computing system might assemble data extracted from each block of a first block(s) of a first instance of a blockchain in a generated first file(s), the assembled data being organized to mirror how the data is organized and stored in the first block(s); might store, in a secure database, the first file(s), the first file(s) being configured to be content-searchable, content-sortable, and/or content-filterable; might generate a second instance of the blockchain, which contains one or more second blocks, the one or more second blocks each containing the hash value of each corresponding first block(s), without containing the data contained in each block of the first block(s); and might store, in a distributed peer data storage system of the blockchain system, the generated second instance of the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Opferman, William R. Benassi, James P. Gately