Patents by Inventor Gregory Devon Thomas

Gregory Devon Thomas 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).

  • Power outage determination system
    Patent number: 11307228
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for power outage determination. A device may determine an indication that an outage has occurred on a cable network based on a status of a network device within the cable network, wherein the network device receives power from a power network. The device may determine location information for at least a portion of a plurality of network devices, including the network device, within the cable network. The device may determine a cable topology of the cable network at an area that includes a location that corresponds to the network device. The device may determine a power topology of the power network at the area. The device may analyze the cable topology and the power topology at the area. The device may identify one or more potential failure locations on the power network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hicks, Imran Lakhani, Michael Latino, Joshua Paul Bernard Sommer, Gregory Devon Thomas
  • POWER OUTAGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200292595
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for power outage determination. A device may determine an indication that an outage has occurred on a cable network based on a status of a network device within the cable network, wherein the network device receives power from a power network. The device may determine location information for at least a portion of a plurality of network devices, including the network device, within the cable network. The device may determine a cable topology of the cable network at an area that includes a location that corresponds to the network device. The device may determine a power topology of the power network at the area. The device may analyze the cable topology and the power topology at the area. The device may identify one or more potential failure locations on the power network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hicks, Imran Lakhani, Michael Latino, Joshua Paul Bernard Sommer, Gregory Devon Thomas