Patents by Inventor Mark B. Nielsen

Mark B. Nielsen 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: 11877174
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a monitoring sensor(s), one or more characteristics of each of at least one of telecommunications equipment, telecommunications equipment batteries, or battery strings, in some cases via a network maintenance tunnel. The computing system might analyze the monitored one or more characteristics to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, Mark B. Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20220295325
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a monitoring sensor(s), one or more characteristics of each of at least one of telecommunications equipment, telecommunications equipment batteries, or battery strings, in some cases via a network maintenance tunnel. The computing system might analyze the monitored one or more characteristics to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, Mark B. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11350298
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a monitoring sensor(s), one or more characteristics of each of at least one of telecommunications equipment, telecommunications equipment batteries, or battery strings, in some cases via a network maintenance tunnel. The computing system might analyze the monitored one or more characteristics to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, Mark B. Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20200344626
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications equipment health monitoring and management. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a monitoring sensor(s), one or more characteristics of each of at least one of telecommunications equipment, telecommunications equipment batteries, or battery strings, in some cases via a network maintenance tunnel. The computing system might analyze the monitored one or more characteristics to identify each telecommunications equipment, each telecommunications equipment battery, or each battery string having equipment health issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald A. Lewis, Mark B. Nielsen