Patents by Inventor Alfonso TIERNO SEPULVEDA

Alfonso TIERNO SEPULVEDA 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).

  • Computer-implemented method and a system for providing a networking service, and a computer program product adapted to perform the method
    Patent number: 9774542
    Abstract: The method comprises mapping software-based network functions to hardware resources included in a hardware resource pool, wherein the mapping is performed dynamically on unallocated resources of the hardware resource pool and based on at least the next information: specific hardware constraints for the supporting of each of said software-based network functions; network requirements of at least one defined networking service design for a service making use of said hardware resource pool and of at least part of said software-based network functions; and a hardware description of the hardware resources included in the hardware resource pool. The system is configured for implementing the method of the invention. The computer program product is adapted to perform the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonica, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Ramón Salguero, Pedro Andrés Aranda Gutiérrez, Alfonso Tierno Sepúlveda, Rafael Alejandro Lopez Da Silva
  • A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A NETWORKING SERVICE, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT ADAPTED TO PERFORM THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20150326496
    Abstract: The method comprises mapping software-based network functions to hardware resources included in a hardware resource pool, wherein the mapping is performed dynamically on unallocated resources of the hardware resource pool and based on at least the next information: specific hardware constraints for the supporting of each of said software-based network functions; network requirements of at least one defined networking service design for a service making use of said hardware resource pool and of at least part of said software-based network functions; and a hardware description of the hardware resources included in the hardware resource pool. The system is configured for implementing the method of the invention. The computer program product is adapted to perform the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Telefonica, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier RAMON SALGUERO, Pedro ANDRES ARANDA, Alfonso TIERNO SEPULVEDA, Rafael Alejandro LOPEZ DA SILVA