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Dean Ballew
Also filed as: Ballew Dean
28 granted patents·46 pending applications·10 citations·filing 2015–2025
93Inventor score
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74 records- 0195US12126640B2Varifocal threat analysis system and methodCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 22, 2024·7 cites·18 claims
- 0294US12225067B2Dynamic remediation of pluggable streaming devicesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 11, 2025·2 cites·14 claims
- 0381US2025350559A1Traffic monitoring and orchestrationLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 0478US12323303B2Filtered advertisements of secondary serversCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 3, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 0577US2025365228A1Systems and methods for cloaking routesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 0677US2025286786A1Filtered advertisements of secondary serversCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 0775US12445434B2Systems and methods to improve network security via consensus-driven configuration planeCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 0875US12375402B2Traffic monitoring and orchestrationLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 0975US12341683B2Router fluidity using tunnelingLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Jun 24, 2025·0 cites·11 claims
- 1075US2025317381A1Router fluidity using tunnelingLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1175US2025278341A1Intelligent merge of primary and backup dataCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1274US12155529B2Systems and methods for controlling the deployment of network configuration changes based on weighted impactCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 26, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 1374US11856040B1Dynamic remediation of pluggable streaming devicesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 26, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 1474US2025016228A1Dynamic storage and forwarding of dataCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1574US2025184380A1Dynamic remediation of pluggable streaming devicesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1674US2025088419A1Systems and methods for controlling the deployment of network configuration changes based on weighted impactCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1773US12381810B2Systems and methods for cloaking routesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 1873US12314143B2Intelligent merge of primary and backup dataCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 1973US12081512B2Collecting passive DNS traffic to generate a virtual authoritative DNS serverLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
- 2072US2024422122A1Collecting passive dns traffic to generate a virtual authoritative dns serverLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2171US12261752B2Out-of-band communications for customer premises equipmentCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2270US12095861B2Dynamic storage and forwarding of dataCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 17, 2024·0 cites·16 claims
- 2370US11973654B2Filtered advertisements of secondary serversCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 30, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2470US11824716B2Systems and methods for controlling the deployment of network configuration changes based on weighted impactCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 21, 2023·0 cites·17 claims
- 2570US2025016132A1Systems and methods to provide dynamic capacity adjustments in different anycast regionsCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2668US12438907B2Systems and methods for mitigating domain name system amplification attacksCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 7, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 2768US12206740B2System and method for transferring a client connectionCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 21, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 2868US12107823B2Systems and methods to provide dynamic capacity adjustments in different anycast regionsCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 1, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 2968US12015665B2Network optimization system using server latency measurementsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 18, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 3068US2025219917A1Out-of-band communications for customer premises equipmentCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3167US12445469B2Using a threat intelligence framework to populate a recursive DNS server cacheLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 3266US12040964B2Router fluidity using tunnelingLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 16, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 3366US11997013B2Traffic monitoring and orchestrationLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 28, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 3466US11677714B2Collecting passive DNS traffic to generate a virtual authoritative DNS serverLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 13, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3564US2025168242A1System and method for transferring a client connectionCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3663US2025184742A1Proximity-based sim card subscriber authenticationCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3763US2025193677A1Systems and methods for filtering of malicious radio frequency-based dataCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3863US2025193665A1Credential management across multiple devices for wireless network accessCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3963US2025193664A1Access point or router-based rotation and exchange of data encryption/decryption keysCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4062US11689611B2Network optimization system using server latency measurementsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 27, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4162US2025187541A1In-vehicle display of exterior images to mitigate blind spotsCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4260US9768967B2Numeric pattern normalization for cryptographic signaturesCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 19, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 4359US12413554B2Domain name system (DNS) securityLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 9, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
- 4459US2023269221A1Generation and use of micro-pools to assign an ip address to a requesting computing deviceCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4559US2025086510A1Inference as a serviceCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4659US2024163729A1Systems and methods to extend wireless access rangeCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4758US11637808B2Generation and use of micro-pools to assign an IP address to a requesting computing deviceCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 25, 2023·0 cites·13 claims
- 4857US2025184270A1Systems and methods for managing paired connectionsCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4957US2025184374A1Systems and methods for initiating peer-to-peer teleconferencingCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 5057US2025193149A1Systems and methods for publishing and using images of dns zone configurationsCENTURYLINK IP LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
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