Patents by Inventor Brad Smeal
Brad Smeal 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: 20240097977Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Brad Smeal
-
Patent number: 11838177Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Brad Smeal
-
Publication number: 20220311665Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Brad Smeal
-
Patent number: 11368364Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Brad Smeal
-
Publication number: 20200267577Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Brad Smeal
-
Patent number: 8942135Abstract: A system and/or method includes a collector module configured to collect route parameters from a selected node of a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the route parameters from the selected node are indicative of a first route to a destination address and a second route to the destination address; and a route processor configured to determine a first intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address and a second intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address, based at least in part on the collected route parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal
-
Publication number: 20140211660Abstract: A system and/or method includes a collector module configured to collect route parameters from a selected node of a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the route parameters from the selected node are indicative of a first route to a destination address and a second route to the destination address; and a route processor configured to determine a first intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address and a second intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address, based at least in part on the collected route parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal
-
Patent number: 8687513Abstract: A method includes collecting route parameters from a first intermediate node and a second intermediate node that can be configured to communicatively couple a source node to the destination node, determining at least a first route through the first intermediate node and a second route through the second intermediate node, and determining which route among the first route and the second route is optimal according to one or more criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal
-
Publication number: 20120224675Abstract: A method includes collecting route parameters from a first intermediate node and a second intermediate node that can be configured to communicatively couple a source node to the destination node, determining at least a first route through the first intermediate node and a second route through the second intermediate node, and determining which route among the first route and the second route is optimal according to one or more criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal
-
Patent number: 8089891Abstract: A system includes a collector module configured to collect route parameters from a selected node of a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the route parameters from the selected node are indicative of a first route to a destination address and a second route to the destination address; and a route processor configured to determine a first intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address and a second intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address, based at least in part on the collected route parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal
-
Publication number: 20090168652Abstract: A system includes a collector module configured to collect route parameters from a selected node of a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the route parameters from the selected node are indicative of a first route to a destination address and a second route to the destination address; and a route processor configured to determine a first intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address and a second intermediate node along the first route communicatively coupled to the destination address, based at least in part on the collected route parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Troy Lynette, Gregory Brown, Brad Smeal