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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Barbara Smith, Brighton, CO (US);

Erik Sear, Denver, CO (US);

David R. Siegel, Niwot, CO (US);

Jonathan Callahan, Lakewood, CO (US);

John Kane, Longmont, CO (US);

Mark Taylor, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 12/5691 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein providing systems and methods for modeling and visualizing interconnection relationships between a first provider network and a partner. In one implementation, a partner of a provider network is defined by at least one interconnection point where network traffic may be exchanged between the provider network and the partner. An interconnection relationship is generated based on the at least one interconnection point. The interconnection relationship is modeled.


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