Patents Assigned to Cellco
  • Disabling mobile devices that originate message service spam
    Patent number: 9100831
    Abstract: A method performed by a network device may include receiving a mobile directory number (MDN) that has been identified as a mobile spam originator and generating a query for attributes of a mobile device registered with the MDN. The method also includes receiving a query response that include attributes of the mobile device and determining to block the mobile device from access to a network associated with the network device. The method further includes providing, by the network device and to a blacklist system, one or more of the device attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Sethumadhav Bendi, Bradley D. Cooper, Jerry M. Kupsh, Kenneth M. Potas, Lodema M. Steinbach
  • In-house elegant JDBC connection pooling solution for message broker
    Patent number: 9098565
    Abstract: Connection pooling is proved in the context of middleware. A request is first received from an application. The received request is forwarded to a back end mechanism. When a response is received from the back end mechanism, as a response to the request, information is obtained from the response. A pool of database connections is maintained with at least a minimum number of connections open, where the minimum number of connections is determined independent of one or more application threads. To store the information in a database, a database connection is allocated from a pool of open database connections created to facilitate access to the database. After the information is stored in the database using the database connection, the database connection is returned to the pool of database connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Meera Deshpande Kumarjiguda, Vanasri Gururaj Upadhye, Ryan Stewart-Gardiner, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam
  • ADMISSION CONTROL FOR A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150215346
    Abstract: One or more devices are provided that receive a request, from a client device, to connect to an operator network. The request is received at a request time. The one or more devices obtain information identifying a connect time at which the client device is permitted to connect to the operator network and determine whether the request time matches the connect time. If the request time is determined to be different than the connect time, the one or more devices reject the request to connect to the operator network based on the request time being determined to be different than the connect time. If the request time is determined to match the connect time, the one or more devices establish a communication session between the client device and the operator network based on the request time being determined to match the connect time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. KOTECHA, Jyothi Keshavdas
  • DEVICE REGISTRATION AWARENESS FOR OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES
    Publication number: 20150215160
    Abstract: A device may determine that a user device is to receive an update. The device may determine that the user device is not registered to a network associated with receiving the update. The device may provide a registration notification request based on determining that the user device is not registered to the network. The registration notification request may include information identifying the user device. The device may receive a response to the registration notification request. The response may indicate that the user device is registered to the network. The device may provide, based on receiving the response, an update message associated with the update. The update message may be destined for the user device and may include information indicating that the user device is to receive the update. The device may provide the update to the user device after providing the update message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Taral PATEL, Miguel A. Carames, Stephen J. Kolanowski
  • Automated conversion of contact names and locations in incoming messages into action links
    Patent number: 9092400
    Abstract: The text of an incoming message may be scanned for language that matches in whole or in part the name of a stored contact and/or information indicative of a stored location. Each identified instance of language may be converted into a link. When actuated, the link may initiate an action relating to the information to which the identified language was matched, such as to call or send an email to a matching contact or to show a map of or navigating instructions to the location indicated by matching location language. When the identified language matches multiple contacts or is indicative of multiple locations, actuation of the link may result in the display of a menu of all of the matches so that the desired one can be selected. A list of possible actions may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Zhijian (Jeff) Lin, Eliezer Pasetes
  • Method and system for enabling multicast distribution of mobile device update data
    Patent number: 9094801
    Abstract: An approach for enabling load efficient delivery of updates and other content to mobile devices is described. A device management platform determines to communicate with a mobile device configured to operate over a cellular network and a local area network, wherein the local area network includes a customer premise gateway. The device management platform also initiates establishment of a multicast session with the mobile device via the customer premise gateway and over the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Te-sheng Lin, Lily F. Chen
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic sharing of desktop content
    Patent number: 9092186
    Abstract: Method and related systems for dynamically sharing desktop contents during a video communications call is disclosed. The available communications bandwidth for transmitting desktop content and video content from a host computer to a client computer is divided between the desktop and video contents based on priority levels assigned to each of the desktop and video contents. The display area of the client computer may also be adjusted based on the priority levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Vijaykrishna P. Guduru
  • Outbound pacing mechanism for IVR
    Patent number: 9094513
    Abstract: A pacing system and method for determining information related to a state of a call queue of an automatic call distributor (ACD). The information is based on a number of calls in the ACD queue waiting to be connected to a live agent. The pacing system and method controls a number of outbound calls being made by the IVR based system to a number of end users based on the information related to the ACD queue state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Michael Brimshan
  • System and method for preventing driver use of a mobile device
    Patent number: 9094800
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for restricting driver access to mobile devices while driving. The system includes an interface which facilities communicating with the vehicle and communicates with mobile devices present in the vehicle. The system determines the location of each mobile device in the vehicle in order to identify the mobile device belonging to the driver. If the vehicle is currently moving, functions of the driver's mobile device can be restricted or limited, while allowing passengers full access to their mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Xin Ren
  • Method and apparatus for providing service based on voice session authentication
    Patent number: 9094825
    Abstract: An approach for providing a service over a communication session based on an authentication from a voice session is described. A voice session enhancement platform may determine that a voice session is established among a plurality of devices. The voice session enhancement platform may further retrieve one or more authentication parameters associated with the voice session for the plurality of devices. The voice session enhancement platform may also initiate a service among the plurality of devices, wherein the service is separate from the voice session. Additionally, the voice session enhancement platform may authenticate the plurality of devices for the service based on the one or more authentication parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Lin Song, Yunyan Wang, Trevor Elkins, Min Xu, William Andrew Fish, Rangashyam Vijayakrishnan
  • Equipment identity registration
    Patent number: 9094829
    Abstract: Method, device, and storage medium for receiving a request to attach to a network from a device; obtaining a user identifier and a device identifier; identifying an enhanced type allocation code identifier based on the device identifier; storing enhanced type allocation code identifiers; determining if network access is granted or denied based on whether a correlation exists between the user identifier and the enhanced type allocation code identifier; and granting network access in response to a determination that the correlation exists between the user identifier and the enhanced type allocation code identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Xuming Chen, Lily Hui Zhu
  • PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED ON BANDWIDTH
    Publication number: 20150208275
    Abstract: A method for determining a Quality of Service (QoS) policy can be based on requested bandwidth. The method may initially receive a connection request which includes a requested bandwidth that corresponds to an application. The method may then determine a policy for an application data flow associated with the application based on the connection request. A bandwidth designation, which is based on the requested bandwidth, may be assigned to the application data flow based on the determined policy. Finally, the policy and the bandwidth designation may be provided so that a bearer can be assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Deepak Kakadia, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Priscilla Lau, David Chiang, Arda Aksu, Maria G. Lam
  • Selection of network-to-network interface device
    Patent number: 9088585
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage mediums for receiving, by an ingress network-to-network interface device, a signaling message to establish a communication session; adding an identifier that identifies the ingress network-to-network interface device; transmitting the signaling message that includes the identifier to another device of a network with which the ingress network-to-network interface device belongs; selecting an egress network-to-network interface device based on the identifier and a minimum path criterion between the ingress network-to-network interface device and the egress network-to-network interface device; and transmitting the signaling message to the egress network-to-network interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, John Bittenbender, Robin Clair
  • Systems and methods for providing link-performance information in socket-based communication devices
    Patent number: 9088612
    Abstract: A network socket application programming interface (API) running on a communication device is operative to provide, to applications running on the device, information about the performance of communication links used by sockets for communicating across a network. The socket API receives packets associated with sockets, and retrieves from the packets performance information for corresponding communication links. In response to receiving a request from an application for performance information associated with a particular socket, the API identifies performance information for the particular socket and returns the retrieved information to the application. A performance monitoring network device provides the performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Deepak Kakadia, Mingxing S. Li, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Priscilla Lau, Patricia R. Chang
  • Location based recommendation method for mobile station content
    Patent number: 9088867
    Abstract: A location based method of offering a recommendation of content to a user of a mobile station includes receiving information identifying a current location for the mobile station. Then, in a content usage database, records of other mobile stations that have recently been near that location are identified. For each identified record of another mobile station, content resident on an used by the other mobile station in the content usage database is identified. Then, for example, responsive to at least one inquiry received from the mobile station, a recommendation is transmitted through a wireless communications network to the mobile station of the user. The recommendation includes information about the identified content resident on and used by one or more of the other mobile stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Shilei Zhang
  • COMMUNICATING VIA A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY USING OUTSIDE CONTACT INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150200904
    Abstract: A device is provided that creates an account for a first member of a virtual community. The account includes a contact identifier used for communicating with the first member outside of the virtual community. The device receives a message via the virtual community from a second member of the virtual community. A recipient of the message being selected by the second member using outside contact information for a contact, and the outside contact information corresponding to contact information used to communicate with the contact outside of the virtual community. Additionally, the device identifies the first member of the virtual community as the recipient of the message based on the contact identifier included in the account and the outside contact information indicated by the message. Furthermore, the device transmits the message to the first member via the virtual community.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Radhika KHANNA, Mahendra Tharshanan
  • PERSONAL ASSISTANT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20150199401
    Abstract: A mobile device may receive user input for requesting personal information for a subject in proximity of a mobile device and based on the user input, selecting one of available functions. The functions may include a first function for obtaining personal information using a first identifier. The functions may also include a second function for obtaining the personal information using the first identifier. The mobile device may output the personal information as an image to a display or as speech to speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Patricia R. Chang, Deepak Kakadia, John F. Macias, Priscilla Lau, Yee Sin Chan, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes
  • Monitoring of the packet-based communication performance of IP address pools
    Patent number: 9084140
    Abstract: An IP address pool monitor is communicatively coupled to a communication link carrying packets between a mobile wireless communication network and a wide area network. The pool monitor receives requests transmitted by mobile devices over the communication link to the wide area network, and stores a record for each request. The pool monitor also receives responses transmitted back to the mobile devices responsive to each request. Each mobile device is assigned an IP address from one of a plurality of IP address pools. Upon receiving a response, the pool monitor identifies the IP address pool that includes the IP address of the mobile device associated with the request responsive to which the response was transmitted. The pool monitor then calculates a performance statistic for the identified IP address pool based on the stored record of the request and the received response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: David E. Holland
  • ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS FOR SECURE ELEMENT COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150195281
    Abstract: A server is configured to establish connections for secure element communication sessions. The server receives a request from a device to establish a first secure connection, and establishes the first secure connection with the device in response to the received request. The server sends a request to a Trusted Service Manager (TSM). The sent request instructs the TSM to establish a second secure connection between the TSM and a secure memory. The server receives an authentication request from the TSM to establish the second secure connection, and forwards the authentication request to the device over the first secure connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Praveen Venkataramu, Ruben Cuadrat, Manuel Enrique Caceres, James A. Xanthos
  • PROVIDING NETWORK CONGESTION INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES FOR SPONSORED DATA
    Publication number: 20150195150
    Abstract: A third-party application, executing at a mobile device, may be provided with information describing congestion levels in a network, such as a cellular wireless network through which the mobile device connects. In one implementation, the third-party application may select, based on the information describing the congestion levels, a data flow, from a number of data flows, to use when communicating with a destination device, each of the data flows being associated with different quality of service (QoS) parameters and being associated with different charging rates. The mobile device may communicate, through a proxy server, and using the selected data flow, with the destination device. The communication with the destination device may be implemented using sponsored data that is not charged to an account associated with an owner of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing inc.
    Inventors: Phillip A. Ritter, Chris S. Neisinger, Barry F. Hoffner