US 12,192,231 B2
Managing traffic control in a network mitigating DDOS
Robert Smith, Irvine, CA (US); and Shawn Marck, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/392,537.
Application 18/392,537 is a continuation of application No. 17/881,925, filed on Aug. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,856,018.
Application 17/881,925 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,269, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,411,988, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Application 16/861,269 is a continuation of application No. 16/189,580, filed on Nov. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,645,116, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 16/189,580 is a continuation of application No. 14/991,024, filed on Jan. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,129,293, issued on Nov. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/119,751, filed on Feb. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163310 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01); H04L 41/0866 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/021 (2022.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/1458 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0866 (2013.01); H04L 41/0889 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 47/80 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing routes of data traffic within a network, the method comprising performing, by a computer system:
receiving an address and a first routing action;
updating a configuration file to specify the first routing action to be performed by a border router associated with the address;
converting the configuration file into router management commands to be performed by the border router associated with the address based on the first routing action; and
sending the router management commands to the border router.