US 12,137,028 B2
Edge compute environment configuration tool for a communications network
Bryan J. Dreyer, Bellevue, WA (US); and William G. Roemhild, Sumner, WA (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/518,740.
Application 18/518,740 is a continuation of application No. 17/388,610, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,831,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,007, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089172 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0883 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a communications network, the method comprising:
obtaining site information associated with an edge site of the communications network;
generating, based on the site information associated with the edge site of the communications network, a configuration process for instantiating a compute service available from the edge site, the configuration process comprising a set of instructions for configuring an operational status of at least one network edge device of the edge site to provide the compute service to a requesting device in communication with the edge site; and
configuring, based on the configuration process, the at least one network edge device to provide the compute service.