Patents by Inventor David Taft

David Taft 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: 11963085
    Abstract: A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Donna L. Polehn, David Taft, Gregory Pultorak
  • Patent number: 11956143
    Abstract: A source network device may receive a multicast data stream to be provided to a plurality of network devices of a network, and may generate, for the multicast data stream, a segment routing header that identifies the plurality of network devices to be provided the multicast data stream. The source network device may cause the multicast data stream to be serially provided to the plurality of network devices identified in the segment routing header without requiring the plurality of network devices to store and reconstruct the segment routing header and without requiring the plurality of network devices to maintain state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nicklous Dale Morris, David Taft, Luay Jalil
  • Patent number: 11937127
    Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to establish a data traffic flow for a user equipment (UE) device and determine per flow descriptor attributes associated with the data traffic flow, wherein the per flow descriptor attributes identify at least a source, a destination, and a protocol associated with the data traffic flow. The processor may be further configured to determine at least one additional per flow descriptor attribute for the data traffic flow and send the per flow descriptor attributes and the at least one additional per flow descriptor attribute to a network exposure device of a core network, wherein the network exposure device is configured to communicate with servers outside the core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Taft, Nicklous D. Morris, Parry Cornell Booker, Ye Huang, Jerry Steben, Maqbool Chauhan, Kalyani Bogineni
  • Publication number: 20240089192
    Abstract: A source network device may receive a multicast data stream to be provided to a plurality of network devices of a network, and may generate, for the multicast data stream, a segment routing header that identifies the plurality of network devices to be provided the multicast data stream. The source network device may cause the multicast data stream to be serially provided to the plurality of network devices identified in the segment routing header without requiring the plurality of network devices to store and reconstruct the segment routing header and without requiring the plurality of network devices to maintain state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nicklous Dale MORRIS, David TAFT, Luay JALIL
  • Publication number: 20240064127
    Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an integrated network slice encryption service. The integrated network slice encryption service may manage and provision encryption and/or decryption services associated with a third party and relative to a network slice and end device application associated with a service provider and application provider. The integrated network slice encryption service may provision end devices, core network devices, and application layer devices of an external network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: David Taft, Anthony Clay Reynolds, Lap Tse, Jerry Steben, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, John A. Darpino, Maqbool Chauhan
  • Patent number: 11903044
    Abstract: A network device may maintain a list of existing slice identifiers, associated with slices of a core network, that are in use in active UE sessions, and may receive a slice identifier associated with a slice of the core network and provided in a request to establish a session between a UE and the slice of the core network. The network device may determine whether the slice identifier matches an existing slice identifier included in the list, and may create a new network address, with an address of the network device and the slice identifier, based on the slice identifier failing to match an existing slice identifier included in the list. The network device may utilize the new network address to establish the session between the UE and the slice of the core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann Hua, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Parry Cornell Booker, David Taft, Raymond WaiMan So, Lap Tse
  • Publication number: 20240015101
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein allow reduced latency and computational costs by identifying a slice associated with a packet and determining an action to be performed with respect to the packet without having to perform deep packet inspection on the packet. An aspect of the present disclosure is a method comprising receiving a packet including a slice identifier corresponding to a slice of a network, the slice identifier having a plurality of bits; determining a bit value for each bit in a subset of the plurality of bits; and performing an action with respect to the packet based on the bit value of at least one bit in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: David TAFT, Anthony Clay REYNOLDS, Lap TSE, Raquel Morera SEMPRE, Sudhakar Reddy PATIL, Luay JALIL, Nicklous D. MORRIS
  • Patent number: 11812346
    Abstract: A network device may receive Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and network information from network components and from a set of Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes; generate descriptions of, or updates to the descriptions of, routing paths based on the NSSAI and the network information; and send the descriptions or the updates to the IAB nodes. The routing paths may include one or more backhaul links between the IAB nodes, and the descriptions and the updates associate each of the routing paths with one or more Single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Taft, Muralidhar Devarakonda, Mark T. Watts, Kalyani Bogineni, Jerry Steben, Maqbool Chauhan, Julian Jimenez, Kristen Sydney Young
  • Patent number: 11791976
    Abstract: A system described herein may identify Quality of Service (“QoS”) information associated with a User Equipment (“UE”) that is connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network. The QoS information may include or may be based on a network slice identifier, a QoS value, a Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), a model associated with UE attributes, or other suitable information. The system may determine a time division duplex (“TDD”) configuration for the UE based on the identified QoS information and/or models that associate UE attributes to TDD configurations. The system may implement the determined TDD configuration at the RAN. The UE and the RAN may communicate with each other according to the implemented TDD configuration, which may include particular timing information for uplink and downlink communications between the UE and the RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayakrishna P. Guduru, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Yuexin Dong, David Taft, Vishwanath Ramamurthi
  • Patent number: 11792096
    Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to a network performance and management service. The network performance and management service may include generating prospective network performance information pertaining to a network element and/or a geographic service area based on current network analytics information, network topology information, and crowd and test data. The prospective network performance information may include prospective performance metric values, probability, and confidence values. The network performance and management service perform a network modification when expected network performance information requirements may not be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jude M. Munn, David Taft, Anthony Clay Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20230328650
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which an predictive discontinuous reception (DRX) bypass service is provided. The bypass service may provide flow control signaling that enables an uplink grant to be transmitted to an end device regardless of the DRX mode. The bypass service may provide for an immediate grant for uplink data and may improve latency. The bypass service may also provide flow control signaling for downlink data that may cause the end device to wake up from a DRX mode and receive downlink data. The bypass service also provides predictive scheduling that allows an external network, such as a multi-access edge computing network to establish a DRX-free downlink connection before completion of data processing. The flow control signaling may include a quality of service flow identifier value that correlates to the bypass service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Mark T. Watts, Donna L. Polehn, David Taft, Corey J. Christopherson
  • Publication number: 20230319904
    Abstract: A network device may maintain a list of existing slice identifiers, associated with slices of a core network, that are in use in active UE sessions, and may receive a slice identifier associated with a slice of the core network and provided in a request to establish a session between a UE and the slice of the core network. The network device may determine whether the slice identifier matches an existing slice identifier included in the list, and may create a new network address, with an address of the network device and the slice identifier, based on the slice identifier failing to match an existing slice identifier included in the list. The network device may utilize the new network address to establish the session between the UE and the slice of the core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann HUA, Sudhakar Reddy PATIL, Parry Cornell BOOKER, David TAFT, Raymond WaiMan SO, Lap TSE
  • Publication number: 20230308385
    Abstract: A method may include identifying network slices associated with transmitting data in a network and determining, by a routing device, that a failure associated with a path used to transmit data has occurred. The method may also include determining, by the routing device, whether the failure is associated with one of the plurality of network slices. The method may further include prioritizing, by the routing device, a route selection process in response to determining that the failure is associated with one of the plurality of network slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sudhakar Reddy Patil, David Taft, Nicklous D. Morris, Luay Jalil
  • Publication number: 20230279133
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the immune response in a subject, such as decreasing the activity of CD30+ T regulatory cells and increasing the ratio of CD8+ T cells to CD30+ T regulatory cells, through administration of antibody drug-conjugates that bind to CD30. The invention also provides articles of manufacture or kits comprising said antibody drug-conjugates that bind to CD30 for modulating the immune response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan HEISER, Shyra GARDAI, David TAFT, Carol Anne OGDEN
  • Publication number: 20230275739
    Abstract: A system described herein may identify Quality of Service (“QoS”) information associated with a User Equipment (“UE”) that is connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network. The QoS information may include or may be based on a network slice identifier, a QoS value, a Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), a model associated with UE attributes, or other suitable information. The system may determine a time division duplex (“TDD”) configuration for the UE based on the identified QoS information and/or models that associate UE attributes to TDD configurations. The system may implement the determined TDD configuration at the RAN. The UE and the RAN may communicate with each other according to the implemented TDD configuration, which may include particular timing information for uplink and downlink communications between the UE and the RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayakrishna P. Guduru, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Yuexin Dong, David Taft, Vishwanath Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230179967
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to host a network function container that implements a microservice for a network function in a wireless communications network, wherein the network function container is deployed by a container orchestration platform; host a service proxy container associated with the network function container, wherein the service proxy container is deployed by the container orchestration platform; and configure the hosted service proxy container to apply a wireless network policy to the microservice for the network function. The processor may be further configured to intercept messages associated with the microservice for the network function using the configured service proxy container; and apply the wireless network policy to the intercepted messages using the configured service proxy container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: David Taft, Vinod Kumar Choyi, Maqbool Chauhan, Jerry Steben, Parry Cornell Booker, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Minbao Li, Sudhakar Reddy Patil
  • Patent number: 11658975
    Abstract: A device, method, and system for forwarding, to a pod, a utility container associated with each of at least one network service for enabling a pre-registration of a network function (NF) with an NF registration function (NRF); sending, from the utility container, an authorization code to an NF authorization platform, wherein the authorization code is associated with the at least one network service; suspending a registration procedure for the NF with the NRF until the authorization code is forwarded from the NF authorization platform to the NRF; and resuming, responsive to a service registration request, the registration procedure based on a validation of the authorization code identified in the service registration request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Taft, Maqbool Chauhan, Jerry Steben, Parry Cornell Booker
  • Publication number: 20230118517
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating multiple myeloma (MM) using specific doses of an anti-B-cell migration antigen (BCMA) antibody, various dosing regimens, and optionally combination therapy with dexamethasone, an immunomodulatory agent (e.g., pomalinamide), an anti-CD38 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof (e.g., daratumumab), and a gamma secretase inhibitor (GSI), and/or various combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Mary Campbell, Heather Van Epps, Haley Neff-LaFord, Celine Fabienne Jacquemont, David Taft, Hong Li
  • Publication number: 20230118915
    Abstract: A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. WATTS, Donna L. POLEHN, David TAFT, Gregory PULTORAK
  • Publication number: 20230106668
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for User Equipment (UE)-initiated authentication and authorization updates to Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization (NSSAA). A network device in a core network receives a message from a user device outside of the core network, wherein the message includes a request to initiate a NSSAA procedure. The network device initiates the NSSAA procedure in response to the request. The systems and methods also provide for UE-initiated authorization revocation of NSSAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: David Taft, Maqbool Chauhan, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Vinod Kumar Choyi, Jerry Steben