Patents by Inventor Salvador E. Paredes

Salvador E. Paredes 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).

  • Out-of band management of fiber optics systems and devices
    Patent number: 9647751
    Abstract: A communication network including a master switch and one or more local switches is provided with a loop-back test device for in line loop-back testing. The local switches convey communication traffic between one another using one or more channels of a transmission medium and configuration information using an out-of-band channel of the transmission medium that is separate from the channels used to convey the communication traffic. The master switch includes an application that generates configuration information including loop-back connection information for configuring the out-of-band channel using at least one loop-back test device, transmits the generated configuration information to the loop-back test device using the out-of-band channel of the transmission medium, and conducts loop-back testing using the out-of-band channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador E. Paredes, Timothy I. Copley
  • OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT OF FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160308607
    Abstract: A communication network including a master switch and one or more local switches is provided with a loop-back test device for in line loop-back testing. The local switches convey communication traffic between one another using one or more channels of a transmission medium and configuration information using an out-of-band channel of the transmission medium that is separate from the channels used to convey the communication traffic. The master switch includes an application that generates configuration information including loop-back connection information for configuring the out-of-band channel using at least one loop-back test device, transmits the generated configuration information to the loop-back test device using the out-of-band channel of the transmission medium, and conducts loop-back testing using the out-of-band channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Salvador E. Paredes, Timothy I. Copley
  • Out-of-band management of fiber optics systems and devices
    Patent number: 9380362
    Abstract: A communication network including a master switch and one or more local switches is provided with a loop-back test device for in line loop-back testing. The local switches convey communication traffic between one another using one or more channels of a transmission medium and configuration information using an out-of-band channel of the transmission medium that is separate from the channels used to convey the communication traffic. The master switch includes an application that generates configuration information including loop-back connection information for configuring the out-of-band channel using at least one loop-back test device, transmits the generated configuration information to the loop-back test device using the out-of-band channel of the transmission medium, and conducts loop-back testing using the out-of-band channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador E. Paredes, Timothy I. Copley
  • OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT OF FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150043912
    Abstract: A communication network including a master switch and one or more local switches is provided with a loop-back test device for in line loop-back testing. The local switches convey communication traffic between one another using one or more channels of a transmission medium and configuration information using an out-of-band channel of the transmission medium that is separate from the channels used to convey the communication traffic. The master switch includes an application that generates configuration information including loop-back connection information for configuring the out-of-band channel using at least one loop-back test device, transmits the generated configuration information to the loop-back test device using the out-of-band channel of the transmission medium, and conducts loop-back testing using the out-of-band channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador E. Paredes, Timothy I. Copley