Patents by Inventor Thomas Nathan Carter

Thomas Nathan Carter 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: 11805092
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a Mapping of Address and Port using translation (MAP-T) data plane verification. A method for performing a MAP-T data plane verification includes initiating, by a diagnostic server provisioned with at least MAP-T diagnostic rules, a MAP-T diagnostic on a border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, generating, by the diagnostic server, a diagnostic packet per the MAP-T diagnostic rules, sending, by the diagnostic server, the diagnostic packet to the border relay, performing, by the border relay, a translation on the diagnostic packet per the provisioned MAP-T rules, analyzing, by the diagnostic server to generate a report, at least a translation accuracy of a received translated diagnostic packet, and configuring at least one device based on a received report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Jeffrey Larkin Cook, Thomas Lawrence Bowlby
  • Publication number: 20230124034
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a Mapping of Address and Port using translation (MAP-T) data plane verification. A method for performing a MAP-T data plane verification includes initiating, by a diagnostic server provisioned with at least MAP-T diagnostic rules, a MAP-T diagnostic on a border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, generating, by the diagnostic server, a diagnostic packet per the MAP-T diagnostic rules, sending, by the diagnostic server, the diagnostic packet to the border relay, performing, by the border relay, a translation on the diagnostic packet per the provisioned MAP-T rules, analyzing, by the diagnostic server to generate a report, at least a translation accuracy of a received translated diagnostic packet, and configuring at least one device based on a received report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Jeffrey Larkin Cook, Thomas Lawrence Bowlby
  • Patent number: 11611639
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an accelerated and offload dual border relay. A method includes receiving, by a hardware border relay from a network device, an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, determining, by the hardware border relay, a packet type of the IP packet, translating, by the hardware border relay provisioned with IPv6 transition technology rules, the IP packet to a hardware translated IP packet when the IP packet is a first type, translating, by the offload border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, the IP packet to an offload translated IP packet when the IP packet is a second type, transmitting, by the offload border relay to the hardware border relay, the offload translated IP packet when the IP packet is the second type, and transmitting, by the hardware border relay, one of the offload translated IP packet and the hardware translated IP packet to another network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Erez Jordan Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 11570137
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a Mapping of Address and Port using translation (MAP-T) data plane verification. A method for performing a MAP-T data plane verification includes initiating, by a diagnostic server provisioned with at least MAP-T diagnostic rules, a MAP-T diagnostic on a border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, generating, by the diagnostic server, a diagnostic packet per the MAP-T diagnostic rules, sending, by the diagnostic server, the diagnostic packet to the border relay, performing, by the border relay, a translation on the diagnostic packet per the provisioned MAP-T rules, analyzing, by the diagnostic server to generate a report, at least a translation accuracy of a received translated diagnostic packet, and configuring at least one device based on a received report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Jeffrey Larkin Cook, Thomas Lawrence Bowlby
  • Publication number: 20220045983
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a Mapping of Address and Port using translation (MAP-T) data plane verification. A method for performing a MAP-T data plane verification includes initiating, by a diagnostic server provisioned with at least MAP-T diagnostic rules, a MAP-T diagnostic on a border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, generating, by the diagnostic server, a diagnostic packet per the MAP-T diagnostic rules, sending, by the diagnostic server, the diagnostic packet to the border relay, performing, by the border relay, a translation on the diagnostic packet per the provisioned MAP-T rules, analyzing, by the diagnostic server to generate a report, at least a translation accuracy of a received translated diagnostic packet, and configuring at least one device based on a received report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Jeffrey Larkin Cook, Thomas Lawrence Bowlby
  • Publication number: 20220046116
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an accelerated and offload dual border relay. A method includes receiving, by a hardware border relay from a network device, an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, determining, by the hardware border relay, a packet type of the IP packet, translating, by the hardware border relay provisioned with IPv6 transition technology rules, the IP packet to a hardware translated IP packet when the IP packet is a first type, translating, by the offload border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, the IP packet to an offload translated IP packet when the IP packet is a second type, transmitting, by the offload border relay to the hardware border relay, the offload translated IP packet when the IP packet is the second type, and transmitting, by the hardware border relay, one of the offload translated IP packet and the hardware translated IP packet to another network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Erez Jordan Gottlieb