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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2024
Applicant:

Level 3 Communications, Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventor:

William Sella, Parker, CO (US);

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/133 (2022.01); H04L 47/24 (2022.01); H04L 47/33 (2022.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04L 47/33 (2013.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.05); H04L 67/133 (2022.05); H04L 67/53 (2022.05);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an API description of an external network service and using the API to integrate the external service into a network. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a service provider, a description of an application programming interface (API), transmitting a call to the service provider using the API for creating a new instance of a service and transmitting to the service provider a traffic flow upon which the service will be applied.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sella, William. (2026). External injection of cloud based network functions into network services (U.S. Patent No. 12634365). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12634365

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