Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Bennett

Ryan C. Bennett 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).

  • Publication number: 20260113557
    Abstract: Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Publication number: 20260106667
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12574667
    Abstract: Techniques for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a PON include obtaining indications of a service location of the PON and a set of required services for the location; and detecting, based on geospatial locations and interconnections of optical components of the PON, that two or more physical polyline routes (each configured to support the set of required services at the service location) include different elements, e.g., different on-ramp facilities, network serving equipment, physical polyline route segments connecting to a common component of each of the two or more routes, or serving facilities of one or more providers. The detected two or more routes may be configured to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the required services to the location. One or more services may be caused to be delivered to the location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy S. Papke, Ryan C. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20260046540
    Abstract: Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Publication number: 20260046541
    Abstract: Techniques for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a PON include obtaining indications of a service location of the PON and a set of required services for the location; and detecting, based on geospatial locations and interconnections of optical components of the PON, that two or more physical polyline routes (each configured to support the set of required services at the service location) include different elements, e.g., different on-ramp facilities, network serving equipment, physical polyline route segments connecting to a common component of each of the two or more routes, or serving facilities of one or more providers. The detected two or more routes may be configured to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the required services to the location. One or more services may be caused to be delivered to the location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Jeremy S. Papke, Ryan C. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20260046022
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12549250
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12549876
    Abstract: Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12483814
    Abstract: Techniques for qualifying on-ramp facilities of a networking system in which a PON is included include obtaining indications of a new service location and a set of required services to be provided via the PON at the new service location, and filtering, based on geospatial coordinates of the location, a set of on-ramp facilities to obtain a group of candidate on-ramp facilities for the new service location, where each candidate on-ramp facility is optically connected to a respective serving office via a respective physical polyline route within the PON. The techniques additionally include selecting, from among the group of candidate on-ramp facilities and based on the required services, an on-ramp facility for providing the required services to the new service location, and optionally causing one or more services to be delivered from a serving office of the PON to the new service location via the selected on-ramp facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12294407
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12294820
    Abstract: Techniques for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a PON include obtaining indications of a service location of the PON and a set of required services for the location; and detecting, based on geospatial locations and interconnections of optical components of the PON, that two or more physical polyline routes (each configured to support the set of required services at the service location) include different elements, e.g., different on-ramp facilities, network serving equipment, physical polyline route segments connecting to a common component of each of the two or more routes, or serving facilities of one or more providers. The detected two or more routes may be configured to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the required services to the location. One or more services may be caused to be delivered to the location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke
  • Patent number: 12294819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bennett, Jeremy S. Papke