Patents Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
  • Patent number: 11983802
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a scene annotation system accessing image scan information of a scene captured by an imaging device of a computing device, generating, based on the image scan information, depth data associated with one or more objects in the scene, providing a two-dimensional (2D) annotation grid for concurrent display together with an image of the scene, at least part of the 2D annotation grid mapped to the depth data, receiving a user input (e.g., via hand gesture, touch screen, mouse, and/or keyboard) that selects a portion of the 2D annotation grid and a corresponding position within the scene where a digital object will be anchored based on the depth data, and instructing the computing device to display, by way of a display device of the computing device and based on the user input, the digital object anchored at the corresponding position within the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Sadashiv Pantpratinidhi, Gang Lin, Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu
  • Patent number: 11984975
    Abstract: A device may receive channel data associated with a channel provided between a network and a user device, and may calculate, based on the channel data, key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of key performance indicators for the channel. The device may multiply the plurality of key performance indicators by factors to generate factored key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of factored key performance indicators. The device may apply weights to the plurality of factored key performance indicators of the factored key performance indicator data to generate factored weighted key performance indicator data that includes a plurality of factored weighted key performance indicators. The device may calculate a quality indicator for the channel based on the factored weighted key performance indicator data, and may perform one or more actions based on the quality indicator for the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Daryl M. Low, Jin Yang, Arda Aksu, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Patent number: 11985497
    Abstract: A network device may receive a request for authentication data, for a UE attempting to register with a network, and an indication that a SUCI utilized by the UE is unencrypted, and may request, from a data store, the authentication data for the UE. The network device may provide, to the data store, a notification instructing the data store to push a UE parameters update (UPU) once a registration process is complete for the UE, and may receive the authentication data from the data store. The network device may complete the registration process for the UE based on the authentication data, and may receive the UPU from the data store based on the registration process being completed. The network device may cause the UE to detach from the network after utilizing the UPU, and may cause the UE to reconnect to the network with an encrypted SUCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lixia Yan, Barry F. Hoffner
  • Patent number: 11985204
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for transferring state between devices. In one implementation, a gestural input is detected, and a state of a source application is transferred from a first device to a second device in response to the gestural input. The second device may then generate an instance of a target application that corresponds to a representation of the state of the source application received from the first device. In an additional implementation, a state of the target application is transferred from the second device to the first device. The first device then updates a state of the source application to correspond to a representation of the state of the target application received from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Norihiro Edwin Aoki, Christina Wick, Todd Brannam, Leotis Givens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11985731
    Abstract: A device, located in a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN), may include a processor configured to expose services or capabilities to application servers outside the core network, wherein the device is located in a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to receive a subscriber identifier message from a gateway device that established a connection to a user equipment (UE) device via the RAN, wherein the subscriber identifier message includes information identifying the UE device; receive a request from an application server associated with the connection for the information identifying the UE device; and provide the requested information identifying the UE device to the application server, in response to receiving the request from the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Huang, Jason Logan Anderson, Om Prakash, Michael R. Waters, Shannon A. Donaghey, Carlos A Cazanas, Brendan Major, Miguel A Carames, Alexander Fadeev
  • Patent number: 11985184
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive file location information identifying a file to be transferred to a user device associated with the first network provider, wherein the file location information identifies a domain name associated with a second network provider. The device may provide, based on the file location information, a request to obtain one or more records associated with the domain name. The device may receive the one or more records based on the request. The device may selectively obtain, based on the one or more records, the file from a first content device associated with the second network provider or from a second content device associated with a third-party provider. The device may provide the file to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Khalid Adnan, Jun Yuan, Carlos J. Torres
  • Patent number: 11985527
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for analyzing metrics, parameters, attributes, and/or other information associated with networks or other devices or systems associated with high-dimensional data in order to determine potential configuration changes that may be made to such networks or other devices or systems in order to optimize and/or otherwise enhance the operation of such networks or other devices or systems. Multiple autoencoders associated with multiple dimensions may be used to calculate reconstruction errors or other features of data (e.g., metrics, parameters, etc.) that may be used to define operating or performance states of the network. Operating or performance states of network components may be mapped to quantum state objects (“QSOs”) for analysis using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning techniques or other suitable techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Said Soulhi, Bryan Christopher Larish
  • Patent number: 11985521
    Abstract: A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium provide for scanning, by a device, a radio service area of a small cell radio access node to detect radio signals of one or more radio frequency (RF) bands, the radio signals including transmissions associated with one or more other small cell radio access nodes that are operating in a vicinity of the small cell radio access node, and the small radio access node being configured to alternately operate at multiple RF bands including the one or more RF bands; determining, by the device, a signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands; and dynamically optimizing, by device, operation of the small cell radio access node based on the signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Saghir, Said Hanbaly
  • Patent number: 11985048
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a robust Self-Organizing Network (SON) framework that quantifies SON applications' control and management of a network into key performance indicators (KPI) that are leveraged to determine the impact of a SON application's effectiveness in regulating network parameters, which then dictates how the SON application operates. The disclosed framework is configured to receive multiple data streams from existing data sources, determine the performance of a node on a network, and then automatically perform SON operations based therefrom. The disclosed framework can utilize this information to predict additional and/or future opportunities for SON automation on the network, which can be based on an aggregate determination of a net performance gain (NPG) of the SON applications. The framework can leverage the NPG to modify, configure and/or further maintain network operations so as to improve control and management of the network and the applications operating thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary S. Wozich, Vaughne Glymph, Charles Aaron Robeck
  • Patent number: 11985520
    Abstract: A Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) device receives first parameters associated with a user device from a first radio access network (RAN) device. The MEC device performs functions associated with an application being executed by the user device and the MEC device is co-located with the RAN device. The MEC device receives second parameters associated with the user device from a core network device. The MEC device modifies performance of the functions based on the received first and second parameters and provides third parameters associated with the user device to a second RAN device that is co-located with the MEC device for adjusting performance of a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Jin Yang, Arda Aksu, Donna L Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Patent number: 11985537
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an radio resource management and slice control service is provided. The service may calculate and assign priority weights for processing and transmission of packets received via a network slice and quality of service flow. The service may also calculate and assign a service category set of parameters and values for the packets. The service may calculate the priority weights and the service category set of parameters and values based on a network slice identifier and a quality of service flow identifier. The service may priority weights and service category set of parameters and values may be compatible with stand-alone and non-stand-alone configurations. The service may also provide transport priority to the packets and slice-aware migration, as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jignesh S. Panchal
  • Patent number: 11985127
    Abstract: Provided is a controller for configuring network devices at different network locations with rules that prevent different sets of clients from accessing specific network resources. The controller may receive a request with an identifier of a first resource from a particular network point of access. The controller may identify one or more network devices (e.g., wireless access point, router, switch, firewall, gateway, etc.) that are in the network path between the particular network point of access and the first resource. The controller may select a particular network device in the network path, may establish a connection to the particular network device, and may configure the particular network device with a rule that prevents access to the first resource from the particular network point of access, while permitting access to other resources from the particular network point of access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Christopher Larish
  • Publication number: 20240155475
    Abstract: A system described herein may identify a particular service provided by a first Edge Computing (“EC”) device to a particular User Equipment (“UE”), and may monitor performance information associated with the first EC device and/or a second EC device. The system may determine, based on the monitoring, that the second EC device should provide the service to the particular UE in lieu of the first EC device; and may accordingly cause the service to be provided to the particular UE by the second EC device in lieu of the first EC device. The system may notify the first EC device that the second EC device has been selected to provide the service to the particular UE in lieu of the first EC device, and/or may notify the second EC device that the second EC device has been selected to provide the service to the particular UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Xu, Charles P. Szrom, Valerie Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20240155172
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, a content selection, and may receive metadata associated with the content. The device may determine viewing options, for viewing the content, based on the metadata associated with the content, and may identify dimensions of the content based on the viewing options. The device may calculate points for each of the dimensions of the content, and may assign the points for each of the dimensions of the content to generate weighted dimensions of the content. The device may associate the weighted dimensions of the content with the viewing options to generate weighted viewing options, and may rank the weighted viewing options to determine a primary viewing option, a secondary viewing option, and remaining viewing options. The device may provide the primary viewing option, the secondary viewing option, and the remaining viewing options to the user device, for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Leena VARGHESE, Mahalakshmi VELRAJAN, Sivanthikani APPADURAI, Mukunda P. RAJU, Sharon GACEK, Robert Joseph HEWITT, Vinodkrishnan SURIANARAYANAN
  • Publication number: 20240154805
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive a request to add a domain to a blockchain. The request may include data that indicates a public key associated with the domain and/or a unique identifier associated with the domain. The device may generate a domain information block, based on the request, that includes the public key associated with the domain and a blockchain identifier that is based on the unique identifier associated with the domain. The device may provide the domain information block to a set of blockchain nodes to add the domain information block to the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Young Rak CHOI, Warren Hojilla UY, Dayong HE, Manuel Enrique CACERES
  • Publication number: 20240155706
    Abstract: A network device may maintain a list of existing slice identifiers, associated with slices of a core network, that are in use in active UE sessions, and may receive a slice identifier associated with a slice of the core network and provided in a request to establish a session between a UE and the slice of the core network. The network device may determine whether the slice identifier matches an existing slice identifier included in the list, and may create a new network address, with an address of the network device and the slice identifier, based on the slice identifier failing to match an existing slice identifier included in the list. The network device may utilize the new network address to establish the session between the UE and the slice of the core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann HUA, Sudhakar Reddy PATIL, Parry Cornell BOOKER, David TAFT, Raymond WaiMan SO, Lap TSE
  • Publication number: 20240154890
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a network health score for a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising obtaining network data associated with one or more user equipments (UEs) connected to a network, generating UE data for the one or more UEs using the network data, the generating comprising assigning each UE to a UE category from a set of UE categories, determining a set of UE category weights corresponding to the set of UE categories using the network data, determining at least one network health score for the one or more UEs using the network data, the generated UE data and the set of UE category weights and causing performance or at least one action in accordance with the determined at least one network health score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Harish Arunachalam, Vipul K. Jha
  • Patent number: 11979748
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request from a user equipment (UE) device to resolve a Domain Name System (DNS) query for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and determine that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL. The processor may be further configured to select to not resolve the DNS query in response to determining that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL and send an indication to the UE device that the URL corresponds to a malicious URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Anand J. Shah, Hans Raj Nahata
  • Patent number: 11979743
    Abstract: One or more devices may include a credentials server. The credentials server may be configured to: receive primary Standalone Non-Public Network (SNPN) credentials for a User Equipment device (UE) and SNPN information. The primary SNPN credentials and the SNPN information are associated with the UE and an SNPN. The devices may be configured to generate temporary SNPN credentials based on the primary SNPN credentials and the SNPNN information. The devices may forward the temporary SNPN credentials to the SNPN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Choyi, Samita Chakrabarti
  • Patent number: 11979458
    Abstract: A device may store first data structures that include first data identifying computing resources provided at an edge of a network for a computing environment. The device may store second data structures that include second data identifying aggregations of portions of the first data, and may store a third data structure that includes third data identifying an aggregation of the second data. The device may receive, from a first client device, client data identifying an address and resources associated with the first client device, and may update a first data structure based on the client data. The device may update a second data structure based on updating the first data structure, and may update the third data structure based on updating the second data structure. The device may provide a notification indicating that the first client device has been added as a computing resource for the computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Sun, Weimin Liu, Yuk Lun Li