Patents by Inventor Robin Broadhead

Robin Broadhead 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).

  • Secure aggregation of multiple network incognizant licensing services into a single service for the purpose of scaling and redundancy
    Patent number: 12682019
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a license distribution system, information about a pool of license entitlements for deployment to network elements in a network to enable operational features of the network elements, receiving a deployment plan for distributing license entitlements of the pool of license entitlements to the network elements, and deploying required license entitlements to network elements of according to the deployment plan to control distribution of the required license entitlements to the network elements in the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robin Broadhead
  • SECURE AGGREGATION OF MULTIPLE NETWORK INCOGNIZANT LICENSING SERVICES INTO A SINGLE SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCALING AND REDUNDANCY
    Publication number: 20250021627
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a license distribution system, information about a pool of license entitlements for deployment to network elements in a network to enable operational features of the network elements, receiving a deployment plan for distributing license entitlements of the pool of license entitlements to the network elements, and deploying required license entitlements to network elements of according to the deployment plan to control distribution of the required license entitlements to the network elements in the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robin Broadhead