US 11,991,585 B2
Service area determination in a telecommunications network
Shawn Draper, Shawnee, KS (US); Vamsi Kaza, Monroe, LA (US); Jerry Matthews, Grove City, OH (US); and William Gray, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,364.
Application 18/144,364 is a continuation of application No. 17/698,226, filed on Mar. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,647,355.
Application 17/698,226 is a continuation of application No. 16/795,321, filed on Feb. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,284,215, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,811, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,183, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,189, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283982 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/51 (2022.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04L 67/133 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04L 67/133 (2022.05); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a network, the method comprising:
obtaining geolocation coordinates of an address received at a computing device, the received address corresponding to a potential termination site for a communications network;
obtaining, based on the geolocation coordinates and from a database in communication with the computing device, a service area polygon comprising a plurality of geographic boundaries defining an area of an available network service and which contains the geolocation coordinates of the potential termination site;
altering at least one of the plurality of geographic boundaries based on a physical barrier obtained from a topographical map comprising a geographic location of network equipment;
correlating, in a service map of a geographic area, the service area polygon with the geolocation coordinates of the potential termination site, wherein the correlation corresponds to an availability of the network service to the potential termination site; and
displaying the correlation of the service area polygon with the geolocation coordinates of the potential termination site in the service map.