Patents by Inventor Jeff RICKMAN

Jeff RICKMAN 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).

  • Provisioning network devices to provide a network service
    Patent number: 9042269
    Abstract: A device is configured to receive information that identifies a type of network service to be provided to a customer, determine, based on the type of network service, network devices to provide the network service, where the network devices may include a first network device and a second network device. The device is configured to generate, for each of the network devices, corresponding configuration code for configuring the network devices to provide the network service, where first configuration code corresponding to the first network device may be different from second configuration code corresponding to the second network device. The device is configured to transmit, to each network device, the corresponding configuration code to configure the network devices to provide the network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Rickman
  • ORCHESTRATION OF MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING BACKBONE EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20140169213
    Abstract: A device is configured to receive information that identifies a type of network service to be provided to a customer, determine, based on the type of network service, network devices to provide the network service, where the network devices may include a first network device and a second network device. The device is configured to generate, for each of the network devices, corresponding configuration code for configuring the network devices to provide the network service, where first configuration code corresponding to the first network device may be different from second configuration code corresponding to the second network device. The device is configured to transmit, to each network device, the corresponding configuration code to configure the network devices to provide the network service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventor: Jeff RICKMAN