Patents by Inventor Ricky L. Nooner

Ricky L. Nooner 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: 10536339
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically configuring, managing, updating, and/or monitoring the configuration of various computing devices and/or network devices within a communications network, such as a telecommunications network. Basic input/output setting configurations for a network devices and/or cluster of network devices may be extracted from a template. Subsequently, a module may be identified and executed to configure the cluster based on configuration parameters defined within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Flynn, Lawrence W. Gowin, Ricky L. Nooner, Shane Trotter
  • Publication number: 20170237619
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically configuring, managing, updating, and/or monitoring the configuration of various computing devices and/or network devices within a communications network, such as a telecommunications network. Basic input/output setting configurations for a network devices and/or cluster of network devices may be extracted from a template. Subsequently, a module may be identified and executed to configure the cluster based on configuration parameters defined within the template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Flynn, Lawrence W. Gowin, Ricky L. Nooner, Shane Trotter
  • Patent number: 7904555
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for use in performing interoperability testing between two network architectures includes forming multiple transaction signatures that each characterizes a communication transaction conducted over the two networks and analyzing each of the transaction signatures to determine if the transaction signature matches a previously classified pattern. The method may further include generating a report identifying each of the communication transactions and indicating that each of the communication transactions is classified with a classification associated with a previously classified pattern or are of unknown classification. Another method includes receiving a transaction signature composed of multiple transaction elements, and determining whether the received transaction signature corresponds to a previously identified transaction signature pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ricky L. Nooner, Gerald H. Gorsegner, Jr., Danny R. Rock, Patrick S. Callahan
  • Patent number: 7752297
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method for use in performing interoperability testing between two network architectures includes forming multiple transaction signatures that each characterizes a communication transaction conducted over the two networks and analyzing each of the transaction signatures to determine if the transaction signature matches a previously classified pattern. The method may further include generating a report identifying each of the communication transactions and indicating that each of the communication transactions is classified with a classification associated with a previously classified pattern or are of unknown classification. Another method includes receiving a transaction signature composed of multiple transaction elements, and determining whether the received transaction signature corresponds to a previously identified transaction signature pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ricky L. Nooner, Gerald H. Gorsegner, Jr., Danny R. Rock, Patrick S. Callahan