Patents Assigned to Cellco
  • Patent number: 9405465
    Abstract: Systems and methods for keypad button resizing are disclosed. In some implementations, a keypad including multiple characters is displayed on a display of a touchscreen device. A selection of one of the multiple characters on the keypad is received. For each character in the multiple characters on the keypad, a likelihood value that the character is a next character to be typed is predicted and a button size for the character is selected based on the predicted likelihood value. The keypad is modified based on the selected button size for each character. The modified keypad is displayed on the display of the touchscreen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: David Sanjiv Sinnaduray
  • Patent number: 9398795
    Abstract: An airport baggage tracking and notification system may include a baggage tracking system and a baggage location notification system. The baggage tracking system may be configured to track when baggage at an airport has arrived at and/or has departed from one or more locations at an airport, such as a check in area, a baggage sorting area, within an airplane, a baggage pickup area, and/or a passenger exit at the airport. The baggage location notification system may be configured to cause a notification to be automatically delivered to a passenger that is transporting the baggage, a passenger transportation service, and/or others contemporaneously with when the baggage has arrived at and/or departed from each of the locations indicating that the baggage has arrived at or departed from each location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Amit Gupta, Rashmi Naik
  • Patent number: 9401845
    Abstract: A system for transferring driver profile settings has a communication interface, processor, storage device, and program in the storage device. The communication interface allows for network communications. The processor couples to the interface. Execution of the program from storage by the processor configures the system to perform functions. The system allows for transfer of a driver profile from the storage device to a vehicle for application on the vehicle. The driver profile specifies one or more preference settings for one or more configurable components of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Carlos A. Cazanas, Azam Khan, Terence John Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9402146
    Abstract: An un-provisioned user device may send, via a cellular network, a request associated with receiving a service provided by a service provider. The user device may receive, via the cellular network, a response indicating that the user device has limited access to the cellular network. The user device may identify, based on a user account with which the user device is to be associated, a particular existing mobile directory number (MDN), associated with the user account, that is to be moved to the user device. The user device may send, via the cellular network, a movement request to move the particular existing MDN to the user device. The movement request may be sent to cause the particular existing MDN to be associated with the user device such that the user device is provisioned to receive the service using the particular existing MDN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Taussif Khan, Ruben Cuadrat, Zhengfang Chen, Pugazholi Thyagarasan
  • Patent number: 9396656
    Abstract: A vehicle system may include a communication device configured to receive road data. The system may also include an application, having a processor and a memory, configured to analyze the road data in view of the at least one vehicle attribute included in vehicle data. The application may also determine whether the road data is relevant and transmit, in response to the road data being relevant, a command to a display unit to display information based on the analysis of the road data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Carlos A. Cazanas, Kalpan S. Shah, Phillip A. Leone, Victor M. Pagan
  • Patent number: 9398144
    Abstract: A mobile device operates in a standard mode of operation, or operates in a visually impaired (VI) mode of operation designed for visually impaired users and in which a display screen of the mobile device is turned off by default. The display screen may thus remain turned off in the VI mode even when conditions under which the display screen is turned on in the standard mode are satisfied. The display screen may further remain turned off in the VI mode even when conditions under which a touch-screen input interface of the mobile device is turned on in either of the standard and VI modes. The mobile device may be configured to automatically transition from the VI mode to the standard mode in response to detecting a gaze directed towards the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: David A. Philbin, John P. Chin, Yuk Lun Li
  • Patent number: 9397891
    Abstract: A system includes a wireless access network, a gateway that controls communications between the wireless access network and a packet data network, and a policy-charging-and-rule-function (PCRF). The PCRF includes a routing agent in communication with the gateway and a group of multi-media processing engines (MPEs) that are associated with the routing agent. The routing agent receives from the gateway a request to establish a session for a piece of user equipment, and selects one of the MPEs to handle the session based on an IMSI of the piece of user equipment. The routing agent maintains a table indexed by IP address, and makes an entry therein that points to the selected MPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Paul H. Siedelhofer, Robert M. Ephraim, Ho Yin Cheuk
  • Patent number: 9398433
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communication device may include a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit MMS messages over a wireless network communication system. The device may also include a plurality of user applications. Each user application may be of a different type and configured to generate content for an MMS message based on input to the wireless mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may include an MMS client configured to generate MMS messages based on content supplied by the user applications. The MMS client may be configured to generate a value for a field of information within each MMS message that is indicative of the type of user application which supplies content for the MMS message. The value may be different for each different type of user application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Biren A. Patel, Sivakumar Kolli
  • Patent number: 9397848
    Abstract: A device provides, to another device, a start request for an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) session, and receives eMBMS session traffic from the other device based on the start request. The device determines track information from the eMBMS session traffic, and decodes the eMBMS session traffic into a format understood by the device. The device determines quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic, and presents, for display, the decoded eMBMS session traffic, the track information, and the quality information associated with the eMBMS session traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Mauricio Pati Caldeira de Andrada, John Gu, Robert Kaphan, Danny C. Lui
  • Patent number: 9392483
    Abstract: A system may include a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. The M2M gateway may receive M2M information associated with an M2M application. The M2M gateway may mark the M2M information to create marked information. The marked information may be created to allow the marked information to be identified as M2M information. The M2M gateway may provide the marked information. The marked information may be provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the marked information as M2M information and provide the marked information to a management device based on identifying the marked information as M2M information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jyothi Keshavdas, Satish S. Vasamsetti
  • Patent number: 9391580
    Abstract: An exemplary system comprises a device including a memory with an audio injection application installed thereon. The application comprises an equalizer module that analyzes sound characteristics of individual digital audio samples including a discrete signal, a selector module that applies a selection heuristic to select the discrete signal from the individual digital audio samples based on the sound characteristics, and an audio module that supplies to an output an insert signal generated according to the discrete signal selected by the selection heuristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Paternership
    Inventor: Chris L. Helbling
  • Patent number: 9391943
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing session related message size includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to determine a domain-wide unique identifier and generate a message including a first field for identifying a message sequence associated with the message and a second field including a tag. The second field including the tag may be associated with an identifier of a source or recipient of the message. At least one of the first and second fields may be without data. The processing element may be further configured to include, in the message, a third field comprising at least the domain-wide unique identifier. The third field may be associated with data otherwise intended for the first and second fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Fangqiu Tu, Ben-Ren Chen
  • Patent number: 9391940
    Abstract: A message server may establish an internet message access protocol (“IMAP”) IDLE session with a first client device. The IMAP IDLE session may be used to transmit one or more notifications to the first client device. The message server may determine a status notification associated with a second client device. The status notification may include information associated with an action being performed using the second client device. The message server may determine that the first client device is an intended recipient of the status notification. The message server may transmit the status notification, toward the first client device, via the IMAP IDLE session, based on determining that the first client device is the intended recipient of the status notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Zhijian Lin, Fred Bierhaus, Jerry M. Kupsh
  • Patent number: 9392457
    Abstract: To activate a pre-provisioned mobile device on a network, an initial data communication for device activation is allowed between the device and an self-activation portal. At this point, the network prevents other more regular communication of the mobile device via the network. The portal automatically collects identification information from the mobile device and collects information from the user to activate the device on a network service account. The portal causes a provisioning system to provision data to network elements to activate device service in the network. After provisioning is complete, a notification is sent to the mobile device; and after device communication is completed a record that controlled routing to the portal before activation is deleted. The mobile device then communicates via the network to obtain data for storage in the device, to complete activation and permit normal operation of the mobile device via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Matthew M. Laden, Elena Krimchansky
  • Patent number: 9392099
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, via a mobile access network, surveillance data from one or more mobile surveillance devices, wherein the one or more mobile surveillance devices are associated with a monitored location, system, or group. An event condition associated with the monitored location, system, or group is identified based on the received surveillance data, wherein the event condition corresponds to at least one of the one or more mobile surveillance devices. An alert notification is generated and transmitted to one or more user devices based on the event identified condition. A request to view at least a portion of the surveillance data is received from a user device in response to the alert notification. At least the portion of the surveillance data is transmitted to the user device in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Kevin Lim, Rahim Charania, Ramesh Marimuthu, Alex Hoyos
  • Patent number: 9381399
    Abstract: An exercise reporting and maintenance system contains a device including a memory with a management application installed thereon. The application is configured to process a sensor signal including a total weight and movement speed, analyze the sensor signal by inputting the total weight and the movement speed into a monitoring heuristic to generate an output, and automatically transmit the output in real-time to be presented by a display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Michael A. Adel
  • Patent number: 9384490
    Abstract: Techniques and equipment for enabling a cross-channel real time awareness framework for capturing and storing transaction data in real time for a user via an interface in a first channel of an enterprise are described. The stored transaction data are made accessible to a second channel of the enterprise for processing transaction requests received from the user via an interface in the second channel, and, if desired, modify an interactive process flow associated with the interface in the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Arvindeep Singh Anchala
  • Patent number: 9380054
    Abstract: Systems and methods for application signing are disclosed. In some implementations, an application package identifier and a password may be received at an application signing server. Upon authenticating the application package identifier and the password, a fingerprint identifying the developer is received. Upon receipt of the fingerprint, the application signing server generates a secure key for the application based on the fingerprint, where the secure key is provided to the developer for inclusion within the application. Upon determining that the application package identifier and the secure key included in a request from an operating system of a mobile device matches an authorized application package identifier and an authorized secure key stored at the application signing server, the application signing server provides the requested list of the one or more APIs to the operating system to grant the application access to the APIs in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Manmeet Kaur, Petri Virkkula, Mauricio Pati Caldeira De Andrada, Samir S. Vaidya
  • Patent number: 9380060
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to establish a connection with the simple sensor device; receive sensor data from the simple sensor device via the connection; convert the sensor data into common data of a common data format, wherein the common data includes metadata that supports an ontology; store the common data; and transmit the common data to a network device of a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Jean F. Dubois, Lily Zhu, Patrick J. Moran
  • Patent number: 9380630
    Abstract: A device creates a list of permanent evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM) failure events associated with the device, where the list includes information associated with one or more permanent EMM failure events encountered by the device. The device stores the list of permanent EMM failure events, provides an attach request message to an access network, and receives, from the access network, a reject message as a response to the attach request message. The device performs a power cycle based on receiving the reject message, and erases, based on the power cycle, a forbidden public land mobile network (PLMN) list and a forbidden tracking area list maintained by the device. The device repopulates the forbidden PLMN list and the forbidden tracking area list with information included in the list of permanent EMM failure events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Christopher M. Schmidt, Lily Zhu, Zhengfang Chen