Patents Assigned to Cellco
  • Patent number: 9119204
    Abstract: A data record server is configured to receive transmission measurement data from one or more network components containing information about one or more packet data communications and create a data record for each of packet data communications. Data records corresponding to a particular network component are identified, associated with one or more time slots in a data measurement compilation, and used to analyze the resource usage of a network component by one or more of the subscribers or mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Deepak Kakadia, Zuhair B. Moin
  • Publication number: 20150237512
    Abstract: A device is configured to obtain base station information for base stations indicating whether data communicated via a respective base station should receive optimization processing. The device may obtain a base station identifier from a base station. The device may determine whether the data communicated via the base station should receive the optimization processing based on the base station information and the base station identifier. The device may receive non-optimized data to be sent to a client device via the base station. The device may selectively cause the optimization processing to be performed on the non-optimized data based on whether the data communicated via the base station should receive the optimization processing. The device may provide optimized data generated by the optimization processing or the non-optimized data to the client device via the base station based on selectively causing the optimization processing to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Ruey-Jane CHANG, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Mingxing S. Li
  • Publication number: 20150237593
    Abstract: A user device may detect, using a first radio associated with the user device, a presence of a location reference device; and determine a location associated with the user device. When determining the location associated with the user device, the user device is to receive location information from the location reference device, via the first, and refrain, based on detecting the presence of the location reference device, from determining the location using a second radio associated with the user device while the user device is within a communication range of the location reference device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. D'Argenio, Edward Gruskin, Kristopher T. Frazier, Lonnie Katai, James Y. Hwang, Abhishek S. Sheth, Matthew Santaiti, Gareth P. DeKlerk
  • Publication number: 20150236970
    Abstract: A system allows for storage of failed push data intended for delivery to a mobile device through a mobile network via a persistent connection between the mobile device and a push engine. Delivery of the push data fails upon failure of the persistent connection. Upon failure of the persistent connection, failed push data corresponding to applications for which the mobile device is registered is stored in a database. Failed push data stored in the database is delivered when the persistent connection is reestablished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: SM Masudur Rahman, Zulfiqer Sekender, Sankar Shanmugam
  • Publication number: 20150237196
    Abstract: A system, or device, may be configured to receive a request to place a voice call; forgo placing the requested voice call; and present a visual interface, associated with an intended callee of the requested voice call, in lieu of placing the requested voice call. The system or device may determine to place the voice call to the original number, or to a different number, based on an input, which is based on the visual interface, from a user who may have, or may not have, made the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Lin Song, William Andrew Fish, Tim D. Paiement
  • Patent number: 9112883
    Abstract: A method of registering a mobile station with a website includes the steps of receiving an identification of the mobile station at the website and, determining whether or not the mobile station is already registered at the website, based on the received identification. Upon determining that the mobile station is not already registered, the website interacts with a user of the mobile station to obtain information from the user to register the mobile station and association thereof with the user at the website. Upon completion of registering of the mobile station at the website, a message is sent to the mobile station, indicating the registration of the mobile station with the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Martin Jeffrey Abbott, Ioannis Tsampalis, Shelley K. Allen
  • Patent number: 9112918
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media for user devices to operate in multiple modes and provide mode indicators that indicate the mode in which the user device operates, and a network that provides multimode services that include monitoring service events associated with the multiple modes, control modes of operation, and allow users to view, manage, and classify service usage information that includes service event information and correlated mode information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Todd M. Willis
  • Patent number: 9110608
    Abstract: An approach is provided for secured mobile printing. A printing platform receives a printing request, generates authenticating information associated with the print request, and sends the authenticating information to a mobile device for retrieval of printed materials generated in response to the printing request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Todd M. Willis
  • Patent number: 9113321
    Abstract: A system and method permit communications of a mobile station of emergency service personnel while blocking communications of mobile stations of other users. In response to an emergency in a region, a mobile switching center may be configured to restrict communications of mobile stations in the region through an identified cell site base station controlled by the mobile switching center during the emergency while the identified cell site base station continues wireless radio frequency transmissions. This configuration may be accomplished with the use of a trigger, such as a Specific_Called_Party_Digit_String trigger. While the mobile switching center is configured for the emergency, a designated trigger condition may be detected with respect to an attempted communication for a mobile station through the identified cell site base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Mark P. Wojcik, Jay Hsu
  • Patent number: 9113383
    Abstract: A call is made from a user equipment (UE) device to a first other UE device that is paired to a short range communications device. The first other UE device monitors the respective connections between short range communications device and the first other UE device and a second other UE device and automatically hands over the telephone call from the first other UE device to the second other UE device when the connection between the short range communications device and the second other UE device is stronger than the connection between the short-range communications device and the other first UE device. The cordless headset 172 is concurrently handed off from the first other UE device to the second other UE device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Carlos A. Cazanas, Kalpan S. Shah, Phillip A. Leone, Victor M. Pagan
  • Publication number: 20150227478
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method enables direct transfers of content between devices to be evaluated by service providers in support of marketing services and the like to those devices (and their users). The system and method utilizes cards and records during the direct transfers to capture user activity information and then provides those cards and records to the service providers. Thus, even though the direct transfer is off-network or outside of the service provider system, the use of cards and records by the system and method provides the user activity information to the service provider for enhancing marketing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless)
    Inventors: Rita Sadhvani, Brigitte Bastaldo-Tsampalis
  • Publication number: 20150227989
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed that ensure that customers are aware of and express agreement to the terms and conditions of a service contract before using or managing services associated with their service contract. The present invention may confirm whether a user has accepted the terms and conditions of a service contract independently of validating a user's UserID and password, which may be received when the user attempts to manage the services associated with their service contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Arpita Chattopadhyay, Tojimon Mathew
  • Patent number: 9107138
    Abstract: A system may include one or more devices configured to receive content information associated with a broadcast. The system may determine announcement information based on the content information, where the announcement information may include information that allows a user device to receive the broadcast. The system may determine provisioning information based on the announcement information, where the provisioning information may include information for provisioning a discovery channel, and information specifying a time interval for providing the announcement information via the discovery channel. The system may provision the discovery channel, based on the provisioning information, and may provide the announcement information via the discovery channel based on the specified time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Arvind Basra, John J. Arky
  • Patent number: 9106960
    Abstract: A device receives an indication that a user of the device wishes to share media content with another user. The device identifies a size associated with the media content and an acceptable media content size for successful transmission over a communication network. The size associated with the media content is compared with the acceptable media content size to determine whether the size associated with the media content exceeds the acceptable media content size. Upon determining that the size associated with the media content exceeds the acceptable media content size, the device enables the user of the device to reduce the size of the media content to the acceptable media content size. The user is enabled to graphically determine when the media content is reduced to the acceptable media content size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Amir Mayblum, Lutz Ehrlich, Jerry M. Kupsh
  • Patent number: 9106665
    Abstract: Disclosed procedures automatically identify a carrier-authorized mobile station and verify an account related identifier associated with the device, in response to start-up of an application in the device. Application start-up causes the device to send a request to an application server, with the device's current IP address, MTN and a device identifier such as MEID or ESN. The server queries an AAA system of the network to retrieve the MTN that has been assigned the IP address. If the retrieved MTN matches the MTN passed to the server in the request, the server queries a network database such as DMD for the device identifier associated with the MTN. A match of the device identifier retrieved from the network database with that passed to the server via the request indicates authenticity of the requesting device and its MTN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Shahid Ahmed, Venkat Gaddam
  • Patent number: 9106803
    Abstract: An accessory device, such as a mobile telematics unit, captures tags for user desired media content items from a content broadcast, such as a digital radio broadcast or television broadcast. Each tag provides one or more parameters for identification of a song or other audio selection. The accessory device sends each tag over a mobile communications network air interface, with an identifier of an account of a mobile communications network subscriber. A server receives such tag transmissions and compiles a list of one or more tags directly from the accessory device, for the subscriber on the identified mobile service account. In some situations, the server generates a playlist from the stored list of tags and communicates at least a portion of the playlist to a personal media device, upon access by the personal media device to the subscriber's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Carlos A. Cazanas, Azam Khan, Brian F. Tims
  • Patent number: 9104313
    Abstract: An interface controller may control the way a function is presented for selection by a user interface in an electronic device. The interface controller may include a usage detection system configured to detect the way in which the electronic device is being or has been used. The interface controller may also include a presentation controller configured to automatically change the way in which the function is presented for selection by the user interface based on the way in which the usage detection system detects the electronic device is being or has been used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Sundar Sivaraman, Maria M. Sagayaraj, NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh Ramasamy, Poothabalan Somasundaram, Arunkumar Surulinathan, KrishnaKumar Sundaram, Habeeb AbdulQuiyum, Saravanan Vijayakumar
  • Publication number: 20150220837
    Abstract: A system may be configured to receive performance information regarding a set of network devices; compare the performance information to a set of rule objects; and detect an occurrence of a particular network event. The detecting may include determining that the performance information, associated with a particular network device, of the set of network devices, meets the set of conditions associated with a particular rule object with which the particular network event is associated. The system may further present information regarding the particular rule object, such as information regarding the particular network event, and information regarding a recommendation regarding the particular network event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
    Inventor: Donna L. Polehn
  • Publication number: 20150223060
    Abstract: A device may receive first common public radio interface (CPRI) information associated with a first CPRI format. The device may determine a translation key associated with the first CPRI format. The translation key may include information associated with translating the first CPRI information to a second CPRI format. The second CPRI format may be different from the first CPRI format. The device may generate second CPRI information based on processing the first CPRI information with the translation key. The second CPRI information may be associated with the second CPRI format. The device may provide the second CPRI information associated with the second CPRI format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Chiang, Arda Aksu, Thomas H. Tan, Donna L. Polehn, Deepak Kakadia, Mingxing S. Li
  • Publication number: 20150223051
    Abstract: A coordinator device receives registration data regarding user devices and determines a group that includes two or more of the user devices based on registration data. The coordinator device receives a request, related to receiving a good or service, from a first user device included in the group. The registration data may include financial data for a user of the first user device, and the coordinator device uses the financial data to verify that the user has sufficient funds to pay a fee for the request. Based on verifying the sufficient funds, the coordinator device determines status data for other user devices included in the group and selects a second user device from the group based on the status data. The status data identifies, for example, locations associated with the group. The coordinator device then causes data associated with the request to be forwarded to the selected second user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventor: Kiran Nadgir