Patents by Inventor Timothy Tuggle

Timothy Tuggle 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).

  • Enhanced dynamic encryption packet segmentation
    Patent number: 11689447
    Abstract: A communication session may be broken up into many smaller packet bundles over many tunnels and over different routes in order to obfuscate the entire data stream. Apparatuses may dynamically build hop-by-hop tunnels in a backbone telecommunications network, segment data into packet bundles at the customer edge, or break up data traffic of a communication session along multiple routing or switching paths in order to obfuscate the data traffic of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Timothy Tuggle, James Thompson, Jimmy Slagle, Mary Phillips, James Wall
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA STREAM IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20230188568
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a network controller and from a first node of a network, information associated with a data stream of the network and determining, by the network controller, a segmentation for the data stream. The segmentation includes a plurality of data segments and the plurality of data segments includes a first data segment. The method further includes determining, by the network controller, a data flow path for each of the plurality of data segments and determining, by the network controller, a first wavelength to assign to the first data segment. The first wavelength is one of a plurality of wavelengths spanning between the first node and a second node of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Allan Theall, Timothy Tuggle, Steven Axt, Charlton Gardiner, Kathleen Tse, John Humphries
  • System and method for transmitting a data stream in a network
    Patent number: 11595443
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a network controller and from a first node of a network, information associated with a data stream of the network and determining, by the network controller, a segmentation for the data stream. The segmentation includes a plurality of data segments and the plurality of data segments includes a first data segment. The method further includes determining, by the network controller, a data flow path for each of the plurality of data segments and determining, by the network controller, a first wavelength to assign to the first data segment. The first wavelength is one of a plurality of wavelengths spanning between the first node and a second node of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Allan Theall, Timothy Tuggle, Steven Axt, Charlton Gardiner, Kathleen Tse, John Humphries
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA STREAM IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20210160286
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a network controller and from a first node of a network, information associated with a data stream of the network and determining, by the network controller, a segmentation for the data stream. The segmentation includes a plurality of data segments and the plurality of data segments includes a first data segment. The method further includes determining, by the network controller, a data flow path for each of the plurality of data segments and determining, by the network controller, a first wavelength to assign to the first data segment. The first wavelength is one of a plurality of wavelengths spanning between the first node and a second node of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Allan Theall, Timothy Tuggle, Steven Axt, Charlton Gardiner, Kathleen Tse, John Humphries
  • ENHANCED DYNAMIC ENCRYPTION PACKET SEGMENTATION
    Publication number: 20210092050
    Abstract: A communication session may be broken up into many smaller packet bundles over many tunnels and over different routes in order to obfuscate the entire data stream. Apparatuses may dynamically build hop-by-hop tunnels in a backbone telecommunications network, segment data into packet bundles at the customer edge, or break up data traffic of a communication session along multiple routing or switching paths in order to obfuscate the data traffic of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Timothy Tuggle, James Thompson, Jimmy Slagle, Mary Phillips, James Wall
  • System and method for transmitting a data stream in a network
    Patent number: 10951654
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a network controller and from a first node of a network, information associated with a data stream of the network and determining, by the network controller, a segmentation for the data stream. The segmentation includes a plurality of data segments and the plurality of data segments includes a first data segment. The method further includes determining, by the network controller, a data flow path for each of the plurality of data segments and determining, by the network controller, a first wavelength to assign to the first data segment. The first wavelength is one of a plurality of wavelengths spanning between the first node and a second node of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property 1, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Allan Theall, Timothy Tuggle, Steven Axt, Charlton Gardiner, Kathleen Tse, John Humphries
  • Enhanced dynamic encryption packet segmentation
    Patent number: 10887218
    Abstract: A communication session may be broken up into many smaller packet bundles over many tunnels and over different routes in order to obfuscate the entire data stream. Apparatuses may dynamically build hop-by-hop tunnels in a backbone telecommunications network, segment data into packet bundles at the customer edge, or break up data traffic of a communication session along multiple routing or switching paths in order to obfuscate the data traffic of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Government Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Timothy Tuggle, James Thompson, Jimmy Slagle, Mary Phillips, James Wall
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA STREAM IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20200076527
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a network controller and from a first node of a network, information associated with a data stream of the network and determining, by the network controller, a segmentation for the data stream. The segmentation includes a plurality of data segments and the plurality of data segments includes a first data segment. The method further includes determining, by the network controller, a data flow path for each of the plurality of data segments and determining, by the network controller, a first wavelength to assign to the first data segment. The first wavelength is one of a plurality of wavelengths spanning between the first node and a second node of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Allan Theall, Timothy Tuggle, Steven Axt, Charlton Gardiner, Kathleen Tse, John Humphries
  • ENHANCED DYNAMIC ENCRYPTION PACKET SEGMENTATION
    Publication number: 20200007436
    Abstract: A communication session may be broken up into many smaller packet bundles over many tunnels and over different routes in order to obfuscate the entire data stream. Apparatuses may dynamically build hop-by-hop tunnels in a backbone telecommunications network, segment data into packet bundles at the customer edge, or break up data traffic of a communication session along multiple routing or switching paths in order to obfuscate the data traffic of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Stuart J. Williams, Timothy Tuggle, James Thompson, Jimmy Slagle, Mary Phillips, James Wall