IP Library Granted Patent US 11,798,005
Granted Patent B2
US 11,798,005 · App. 17/109,694 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Optical identification of telecommunications equipment

Inventors: Jeffrey K. Storey (Boulder, CO); Clyde David Cooper (Louisville, CO); Carlos Santiago (Aurora, CO); Ron Lewis (Montgomery, AL); Steven M. Casey (Littleton, CO); Stephen Opferman (Denver, CO)
Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,798,005
App. No.
17/109,694
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure relate to the optical identification of telecommunications equipment. In examples, a user interacts with an application to capture image data relating to a device according to instructions presented to the user. The application may further generate metadata, such as user responses to one or more questions. The image data and/or metadata are evaluated using a machine learning model to generate an equipment classification for devices pictured therein. The data may also be used to generate an equipment configuration for the device, as well as an operational state (e.g., based on one or more indicators present on the device, log data, etc.). Accordingly, such information may be used to update a pre-existing inventory record for the device, or generate a new inventory record. In other examples, such information is used to generate one or more predicted issues and associated actions to troubleshoot the device.

Claims (13)

1. A method for determining an additional issue associated with a telecommunications device, comprising:

receiving, from a client device, image data associated with a first telecommunications device, wherein the first telecommunications device is associated with a first issue;

providing, to the client device, an indication of the first issue, wherein the indication comprises image capture instructions and a machine learning model associated with the first issue trained to identify the first telecommunications device in the image data, and where the image capture instructions comprise an instruction to position the client device proximate to a smart tag of the first telecommunications device;

processing the image data using a machine learning model to generate an equipment classification for the first telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device;

determining a second issue for the second telecommunications device;

determining an action for the second issue; and

providing an indication of the determined action for the second issue to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second issue is determined according to a proactive rule.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second issue is excess capacity associated with the second telecommunications device, and wherein the determined action is to replace the second telecommunications device with a third telecommunications device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second issue is excess capacity associated with the second telecommunications device, and wherein the determined action is to provide an indication of one or more potential services associated with the excess capacity.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the image data further comprises receiving smart tag information from the smart tag of the first telecommunications device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the smart tag information further comprises an identifier associated with the second telecommunications device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second issue for the second telecommunications device is determined based at least in part on the identifier associated with the telecommunications device.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0749 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2022
From: COOPER, CLYDE DAVID; STOREY, JEFFREY K.; SANTIAGO, CARLOS; LEWIS, RON; CASEY, STEVEN M.; OPFERMAN, STEPHEN
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059613/0632 →