US 11,722,384 B2
System and method for cloud computing adaptive cloud services
Kevin M. McBride, Lone Tree, CO (US); Felipe Castro, Erie, CO (US); Steven M. Casey, Littleton, CO (US); and Thomas Schwengler, Lakewood, CO (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/139,178.
Application 16/139,178 is a continuation of application No. 14/527,604, filed on Oct. 29, 2014, granted, now 10,084,669.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/977,284, filed on Apr. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0028363 A1, Jan. 24, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/5051 (2022.01); H04L 41/084 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/5051 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0843 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart cloud adaptive device comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more wireless programmable radios configured to communicate with a network termination device;
a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the smart cloud adaptive device to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
instructions for communicating with a cloud configuration server over a network via the one or more wireless programmable radios and through the network termination device;
instructions for transmitting one or more service codes associated with one or more services to be provided to the customer;
instructions for receiving one or more configuration files from the cloud configuration server based on the one or more service codes;
instructions for enabling functionality associated with a dedicated device among a plurality of functionalities on the smart cloud adaptive device to provision the one or more services based on the one or more configuration files, wherein the smart cloud adaptive device is unassociated with the dedicated device until hardware and functionality are enabled, on the smart cloud adaptive device; and
instructions for interconnecting with a plurality of additional cloud adaptive devices to provision the one or more services, wherein the smart cloud adaptive device and each of the plurality additional cloud adaptive devices are located on the same customer premises; and
wherein instructions for enabling functionality among a plurality of functionalities to provision the one or more services comprises instructions for enabling functionality among a plurality of functionalities to provision at least two services simultaneously, based on the at least one configuration file.