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LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC
US·943 granted patents·212 pending applications·4,510 citations·filing 1997–2025
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1,155 records- 0199US7949779B2Controlling subscriber information rates in a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2007·Granted May 24, 2011·330 cites·16 claims
- 0299US7945693B2Controlling subscriber information rates in a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·275 cites·26 claims
- 0398US9887885B2Dynamic fill target selection in a content delivery frameworkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 6, 2018·37 cites·19 claims
- 0498US9847917B2Devices and methods supporting content delivery with adaptation services with feedbackLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 19, 2017·35 cites·36 claims
- 0598US9838497B2Content delivery network architecture with edge proxyLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·173 cites·20 claims
- 0698US8989199B1Control device discovery in networks having separate control and forwarding devicesLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 24, 2015·134 cites·21 claims
- 0798US8825830B2Content delivery framework with dynamic service network topologyLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 2, 2014·60 cites·30 claims
- 0898US7826752B1Optical transmission apparatuses, methods, and systemsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 2, 2010·161 cites·31 claims
- 0997US9819554B2Invalidation in a content delivery frameworkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 14, 2017·18 cites·25 claims
- 1097US9787551B2Responsibility-based request processingLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 10, 2017·25 cites·21 claims
- 1197US8015298B2Load-balancing clusterLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 6, 2011·99 cites·19 claims
- 1297US7860964B2Policy-based content delivery network selectionLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 28, 2010·147 cites·25 claims
- 1397US7822871B2Configurable adaptive global traffic control and managementLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2010·205 cites·62 claims
- 1496US12028427B2Content delivery systems and methodsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 2, 2024·4 cites·17 claims
- 1596US11805184B2Content delivery systems and methodsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 31, 2023·3 cites·15 claims
- 1696US11726934B2Systems and methods for configuration of sequence handlersLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 15, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 1796US11310157B2Dynamic segment routing mapping server for a multiprotocol label switching networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 19, 2022·4 cites·15 claims
- 1896US9667506B2Multi-level peering in a content delivery frameworkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2014·Granted May 30, 2017·12 cites·35 claims
- 1996US7564840B2Voice over data telecommunications network architectureLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 21, 2009·131 cites·31 claims
- 2095US12015616B2Conference security for user groupsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 18, 2024·3 cites·19 claims
- 2195US12009947B2Connecting to multiple cloud instances in a telecommunications networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 11, 2024·4 cites·14 claims
- 2295US11831603B2Dynamic binding and load determination in a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 28, 2023·2 cites·24 claims
- 2395US11632461B2Intelligent attestation of traffic using a routing engineLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 18, 2023·3 cites·6 claims
- 2495US11456922B2Software defined networking portalLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 27, 2022·3 cites·16 claims
- 2595US11445385B2Systems and methods for communications node upgrade and selectionLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 13, 2022·5 cites·11 claims
- 2695US11233740B2Systems and methods for adjusting a congestion window value of a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 25, 2022·3 cites·15 claims
- 2795US11070896B1Dynamic optical switching in a telecommunications networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 20, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 2895US11038906B1Network threat validation and monitoringLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 15, 2021·37 cites·17 claims
- 2995US10114882B2Content delivery network analytics management via edge stage collectorsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 30, 2018·18 cites·14 claims
- 3095US9722883B2Responsibility-based peeringLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 1, 2017·12 cites·28 claims
- 3195US9634905B2Invalidation systems, methods, and devicesLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·12 cites·24 claims
- 3295US9088508B1Incremental application of resources to network traffic flows based on heuristics and business policiesLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 21, 2015·21 cites·19 claims
- 3395US8036214B2Voice over data telecommunications network architectureLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 11, 2011·51 cites·7 claims
- 3495US7734019B1Systems and methods for third party emergency call terminationLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 8, 2010·96 cites·24 claims
- 3594US11757932B2Event driven route controlLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 12, 2023·2 cites·17 claims
- 3694US11757776B2Dynamic segment routing mapping server for a multiprotocol label switching networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 12, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 3794US11601394B2Dynamic binding and load determination in a content delivery network (CDN)LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 7, 2023·2 cites·24 claims
- 3894US11451663B2Intelligent attestation of traffic using a routing engineLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 20, 2022·4 cites·7 claims
- 3994US11337076B2Network cyber-security platformLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2020·Granted May 17, 2022·8 cites·13 claims
- 4094US9900344B2Identifying a potential DDOS attack using statistical analysisLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 20, 2018·18 cites·19 claims
- 4194US9769202B2Event driven route controlLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 19, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 4294US9755914B2Request processing in a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 5, 2017·9 cites·27 claims
- 4394US9705754B2Devices and methods supporting content delivery with rendezvous servicesLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 11, 2017·10 cites·36 claims
- 4494US9686148B2Responsibility-based cache peeringLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 20, 2017·10 cites·26 claims
- 4594US9013538B2IP-based conferencing in a telecommunications networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 21, 2015·13 cites·20 claims
- 4694US7281199B1Methods and systems for selection of multimedia presentationsLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 9, 2007·146 cites·28 claims
- 4793US11706628B2Network cyber-security platformLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 18, 2023·3 cites·17 claims
- 4893US11671405B2Dynamic filter generation and distribution within computer networksLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 6, 2023·2 cites·17 claims
- 4993US11496361B2Tiered updating of configuration data in a content delivery networkLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 8, 2022·2 cites·24 claims
- 5093US11418482B2Dynamic binding and load determination in a content delivery network (CDN)LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 16, 2022·2 cites·24 claims
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