Patents by Inventor Brent Wharton Smith

Brent Wharton Smith 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing a dynamic-hybrid forwarding information base (DHFIB)
    Patent number: 11936550
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC-HYBRID FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE (DHFIB)
    Publication number: 20230239232
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • Systems and methods for providing a dynamic-hybrid forwarding information base (DHFIB)
    Patent number: 11621909
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC-HYBRID FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE (DHFIB)
    Publication number: 20220231935
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • Systems and methods for providing a dynamic-hybrid forwarding information base (DHFIB)
    Patent number: 11303556
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC-HYBRID FORWARDING INFORMATION BASE (DHFIB)
    Publication number: 20210385151
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis