Patents by Inventor William C. CROWDER

William C. CROWDER 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: 20230308523
    Abstract: External customer data (ECD) may be efficiently stored in a network. When ECD is received at an edge node, the node may determine if the ECD is subject to a compiling procedure. For example, if the ECD comprises a list of entries that all have the same data type, the ECD may be placed into an array, and the array may be sorted and stored. In other examples, if the ECD received at a node includes references to other ECD, the referenced ECD may be retrieved, and the received ECD and referenced ECD may be combined and stored. In other examples, the ECD received at the node may be script instructions that can then be compiled into, and stored as, a runtime version. Any compiled ECD stored at nodes may be subject to the same invalidation and expiration policies as the uncompiled ECD from which it was derived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William C. CROWDER, William POWER, Laurence LIPSTONE