Patents by Inventor Alberto Blanc

Alberto Blanc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11736339
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve: (i) obtaining a set of data records that include respective pluralities of tuples characterizing operation of communication sessions in a network and that identify hardware or software components related to the network that were involved in the communication sessions, (ii) determining degrees to which signatures in the pluralities of tuples are associated with communication problems in the network; (iii) identifying, from the degrees, a subset of the signatures most associated with the communication problems; (iv) grouping specific pairs from the subset of the signatures into equivalence classes based on co-occurrence of signatures of the specific pairs within the data records; (v) generating and pruning a dependency graph between the equivalence classes; (vi) from the equivalence classes remaining in the dependency graph, selecting a subset of the hardware or software components related to the network that are candidates for involvement with the communication problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: EXFO SOLUTIONS SAS
    Inventors: Maha Mdini, Gwendal Simon, Alberto Blanc, Julien Lecoeuvre
  • Publication number: 20220303168
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve: (i) obtaining a set of data records that include respective pluralities of tuples characterizing operation of communication sessions in a network and that identify hardware or software components related to the network that were involved in the communication sessions, (ii) determining degrees to which signatures in the pluralities of tuples are associated with communication problems in the network; (iii) identifying, from the degrees, a subset of the signatures most associated with the communication problems; (iv) grouping specific pairs from the subset of the signatures into equivalence classes based on co-occurrence of signatures of the specific pairs within the data records; (v) generating and pruning a dependency graph between the equivalence classes; (vi) from the equivalence classes remaining in the dependency graph, selecting a subset of the hardware or software components related to the network that are candidates for involvement with the communication problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Maha Mdini, Gwendal Simon, Alberto Blanc, Julien Lecoeuvre
  • Patent number: 11388040
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve: (i) obtaining a set of data records that include respective pluralities of tuples characterizing operation of communication sessions in a network and that identify hardware or software components related to the network that were involved in the communication sessions, (ii) determining degrees to which signatures in the pluralities of tuples are associated with communication problems in the network; (iii) identifying, from the degrees, a subset of the signatures most associated with the communication problems; (iv) grouping specific pairs from the subset of the signatures into equivalence classes based on co-occurrence of signatures of the specific pairs within the data records; (v) generating and pruning a dependency graph between the equivalence classes; (vi) from the equivalence classes remaining in the dependency graph, selecting a subset of the hardware or software components related to the network that are candidates for involvement with the communication problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EXFO Solutions SAS
    Inventors: Maha Mdini, Gwendal Simon, Alberto Blanc, Julien Lecoeuvre
  • Publication number: 20200136891
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve: (i) obtaining a set of data records that include respective pluralities of tuples characterizing operation of communication sessions in a network and that identify hardware or software components related to the network that were involved in the communication sessions, (ii) determining degrees to which signatures in the pluralities of tuples are associated with communication problems in the network; (iii) identifying, from the degrees, a subset of the signatures most associated with the communication problems; (iv) grouping specific pairs from the subset of the signatures into equivalence classes based on co-occurrence of signatures of the specific pairs within the data records; (v) generating and pruning a dependency graph between the equivalence classes; (vi) from the equivalence classes remaining in the dependency graph, selecting a subset of the hardware or software components related to the network that are candidates for involvement with the communication problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Maha Mdini, Gwendal Simon, Alberto Blanc, Julien Lecoeuvre