Patents by Inventor Austin Ritchie

Austin Ritchie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240137248
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Patent number: 11916728
    Abstract: A network interface system defines standardized network service requests and related abstracted tasks. In examples, commands needed to configure particular network elements are dependent on the network being utilized and/or the network element(s) being utilized. The network interface system may include a standardization layer, an abstraction layer, and an application programming interface for each of a variety of available networks. Upon a request for a network service, the related abstracted tasks may be translated into network-specific commands to configure network elements of disparate networks to provide the requested service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Austin Ritchie
  • Patent number: 11729026
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20230042205
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Patent number: 11483178
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20220209992
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20220210234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending and implementing computing services at a provider network site are provided. A provider network may comprise multiple provider sites, such as edge computing sites. Edge computing sites may not be uniform—e.g., they may differ in computing capability, security certification, capacity for expansion, data storage availability, type of network connectivity, etc. An optimization system uses both service information and optimization criteria to determine one or more optimized provider site(s) for hosting a computing service. Further, service information and optimization criteria may be stored and updated to allow the computing service to be dynamically moved in response to a change event, such as a site failure or a determination that an improvement metric exceeds a threshold for a minimum period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Paul Savill, Christopher McReynolds, Austin Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20220209991
    Abstract: A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a network configuration orchestration (NCO) system (e.g., a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) system) and an API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the NCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the NCO for receiving requests that enable the NCO to integrate with existing network controllers, orchestrators, and other systems and perform various network provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a communication path between server instances). The various tasks, when executed, may provide end-to-end automated network provisioning services as part of providing on-demand edge compute service to users. The API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the NCO, (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Ritchie, Scott Hemmann, Wen Wang, Brett Dwyer
  • Publication number: 20220210010
    Abstract: A network interface system defines standardized network service requests and related abstracted tasks. In examples, commands needed to configure particular network elements are dependent on the network being utilized and/or the network element(s) being utilized. The network interface system may include a standardization layer, an abstraction layer, and an application programming interface for each of a variety of available networks. Upon a request for a network service, the related abstracted tasks may be translated into network-specific commands to configure network elements of disparate networks to provide the requested service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Austin Ritchie