IP Library Granted Patent US 12,328,229
Granted Patent B2
US 12,328,229 · App. 17/728,558 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Systems and method for micro network segmentation

Inventors: Steven J. Goeringer (Westminster, CO); Brian A. Scriber (Lafayette, CO); Michael Glenn (Golden, CO); Brady Johnson (Madrid, ES); Mark Deazley (Westminster, CO); Darshak Thakore (Broomfield, CO)
Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
H04L41/0895H04L41/122H04L41/40H04L45/64H04L67/51H04W48/18H04W88/16H04L43/20H04L61/5014H04L63/0892
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Patent No.
US 12,328,229
App. No.
17/728,558
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.

Claims (23)

1. A communication system, comprising:

a micronet infrastructure configured to (i) receive advance service information from the communication system, and (ii) to arrange traffic routing and connectivity of the communication system;

a micronet manager in operable communication with the micronet infrastructure and configured to orchestrate service delivery to the communication system; and

a user network in operable communication with the micronet manager and the micronet infrastructure, and including (i) one or more micronets, and (ii) a gateway configured to implement software defined networking (SDN) to automatically segment the one or more micronets.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the micronet infrastructure comprises an intelligent services layer comprising advanced services including one or more of a machine learning powered application, a neural network powered application, business logic, an artificial intelligence-enabled service, a security service, and a device fingerprinting service.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the micronet manager is further configured to manage one or more of an SDN controller microservice, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server microservice, a domain name system (DNS) server microservice, and an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server microservice.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway comprises at least one of a modem, a virtual switch, a micronet application layer, an access point, a router, and an ethernet.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the gateway is further configured to support at least one of a wired environment and a wireless environment.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the gateway comprises the virtual switch, and wherein the virtual switch is configured to be controlled by the SDN to implement a flow table pipeline.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the gateway comprises the router and the access point.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the gateway forms a centralized communications hub between the micronet infrastructure, an access network, a plurality of ecosystems, and a plurality of connected devices.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the micronet infrastructure is further configured to interpret certificates from the plurality of ecosystems to identify the plurality of connected devices.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the micronet infrastructure is further configured to (i) identify that a particular device of the plurality of connected devices does not have an ecosystem certificate, and (ii) cause the gateway to establish a segregated micronet for operation of the particular device within the system.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the micronet manager is in operable communication with the micronet infrastructure through a service application programming interface layer.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein gateway is further configured to implement SDN to automatically segment the one or more micronets into at least one user-managed micronet.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein gateway is further configured to implement SDN to automatically segment the one or more micronets into at least one system-managed micronet separate from the at least one user-managed micronet.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising an SDN switch.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the SDN switch is configured to automatically establish the at least one system-managed micronet to interact with and conform to provider services of a provider subsystem in communication with the user network over a secure connection.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the provider subsystem in further in operable communication with the micronet manager, the micronet infrastructure, and the gateway.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the provider subsystem is further in operable communication with the micronet manager and the micronet infrastructure through a multiple service operator (MSO) application programming interface layer (API).

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the micronet manager and the micronet infrastructure are contained within an MSO network.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user network is in operable communication with the micronet manager through an access and core network.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user network is in operable communication with the micronet infrastructure through a service information link.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: GOERINGER, STEVEN J.; SCRIBER, BRIAN A.; GLENN, MICHAEL; JOHNSON, BRADY; DEAZLEY, MARK; THAKORE, DARSHAK
To: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
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Continuity (9)
Continuation 16576747 · Sep 19, 2019
Continuation In Part 16556219 · Aug 29, 2019
Continuation In Part 16120063 · Aug 31, 2018
Continuation In Part 15443855 · Feb 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62300641 · Feb 26, 2016
Provisional Application 62553216 · Sep 1, 2017
Provisional Application 62724454 · Aug 29, 2018
Provisional Application 62733183 · Sep 19, 2018
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