Patents by Inventor Matthew John Threefoot

Matthew John Threefoot 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).

  • Selecting a content delivery network
    Patent number: 9548874
    Abstract: A device may receive a content distribution network (CDN) routing table from a topology manager; receive a request, from a device in either of a redirect CDN or a domain name system (DNS), to identify a target CDN for sending content to a user device; perform a lookup in the CDN routing table, based on information provided by the device and CDN selection policies, to select the target CDN; obtain an identifier corresponding to the target CDN as a result of performing the lookup; and provide the identifier to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Brian W. Joe, Dante John Pacella, Matthew John Threefoot, Takkin G. Yum
  • Private cloud topology management system
    Patent number: 9338223
    Abstract: A device configured to receive network topological information from devices in a private Internet Protocol (PIP) network receive network performance data from the devices; receive service topological information from a cloud; receive service performance data from the cloud; receive policies for determining optimum routes to the cloud from an administration device; apply the policies to the network topological information from the devices, the network performance data, the service topological information, and the service performance data to obtain routing rules; and forward the routing rules to a set of request routers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew John Threefoot, Thierry R. Sender
  • PRIVATE CLOUD TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150052247
    Abstract: A device configured to receive network topological information from devices in a private Internet Protocol (PIP) network receive network performance data from the devices; receive service topological information from a cloud; receive service performance data from the cloud; receive policies for determining optimum routes to the cloud from an administration device; apply the policies to the network topological information from the devices, the network performance data, the service topological information, and the service performance data to obtain routing rules; and forward the routing rules to a set of request routers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew John Threefoot, Thierry R. Sender
  • SELECTING A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140164584
    Abstract: A device may receive a content distribution network (CDN) routing table from a topology manager; receive a request, from a device in either of a redirect CDN or a domain name system (DNS), to identify a target CDN for sending content to a user device; perform a lookup in the CDN routing table, based on information provided by the device and CDN selection policies, to select the target CDN; obtain an identifier corresponding to the target CDN as a result of performing the lookup; and provide the identifier to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Brian W. Joe, Dante John Pacella, Matthew John Threefoot, Takkin G. Yum