Patents Assigned to Verizon Patent and
  • Method and system for providing cloud based network security services
    Patent number: 8713628
    Abstract: An approach is provided for performing cloud based computer network security services. Data traffic from a plurality of networks corresponding to a plurality of subscribers are received. Data traffic is routed to a security platform over a communication path to one or more service aggregators to process the data traffic according to one or more security services performed by the security platform. The security services are provided as a managed service by a service provider. The processed data are received from the one or more service aggregators, and routed to the corresponding one of the networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Juzer Kopti
  • Methods and systems for aggregating and graphically representing information associated with a telecommunications circuit
    Patent number: 8712023
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for aggregating and graphically representing information associated with a telecommunications circuit are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a telecommunications management subsystem receiving, from a plurality of backend telecommunications subsystems, data representative of information associated with a telecommunications circuit, aggregating the data representative of the information associated with the telecommunications circuit, providing a portal configured for access by a user associated with the telecommunications circuit, and displaying, within the portal, a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the telecommunications circuit. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Tahir G. Mulla, Sai S. Vasanadu, Syed Raza, Senthil K. Chandrasekaran
  • VISUAL PLAYLIST
    Publication number: 20140115465
    Abstract: A device may receive information that identifies a first attribute and a second attribute associated with media files, and the first and second attributes may specify a manner in which the media files are to be represented on a user interface. The device may present, on the user interface and based on the first attribute and the second attribute, a representation of the media files on a grid. A first dimension of the grid may be associated with the first attribute, and a second dimension on the grid may be associated with the second attribute. The device may receive a selection of a portion of the grid corresponding to a set of media files, and may create a playlist, based on receiving the selection, that includes the set of media files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Verizon New Jersey, Inc.
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Michelle FELT
  • AUTHENTICATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140115673
    Abstract: A first network device is configured to receive a request for content from a user device, determine that the user device is not authenticated, and send information to the user device that the user device requires authentication. The first network device is configured further to receive authentication information for the user device from a second network device. The first network device is configured further to generate a secret key, authenticate the user device. The first network device is configured further to request user knowledge information from the user device, validate the user knowledge information and send the content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Thomas W. HAYNES, William C. KING
  • REDUCING CONGESTION OF MEDIA DELIVERY OVER A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140112140
    Abstract: A device may receive a packet that includes priority information that is based on a priority assigned to bits included in the packet. The priority may be assigned based on scalable code used to encode the bits for transmission. The device may determine that an indicator of network congestion satisfies a threshold, and may schedule the packet for transmission to a user device based on the priority information and the determination that the indicator satisfies the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Yee Sin CHAN, Arda AKSU, Lin SUN, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Jin YANG
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AWARENESS DETECTION
    Publication number: 20140111336
    Abstract: A method may include receiving sensor data, the sensor data including at least one of sound or light; comparing, when the sensor data includes sound, the received sound with sound information included in one or more media files; comparing, when the sensor data includes light, the received light with one or more particular conditions; determining, based on comparing at least one of the received sound or the received light, if alert information should be provided, the alert information indicating a dangerous situation; and providing, when the alert information should be provided, the alert information indicating the dangerous situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Verizon New Jersey Inc.
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Michelle FELT
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING SECURE ONE-TIME PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20140115341
    Abstract: An approach for facilitating a one-time password (OTP) authentication procedure is described. A dedicated validation appliance receives a one-time password authentication request via an application programming interface, which is a single point of access to the dedicated validation appliance. The dedicated validation appliance then determines a validity of the request based on the correlating of a submitted OTP against OTP values independently generated by the dedicated validation appliance based on a large secret key exclusive to a client device that initiated the request. The single point of access to the dedicated validation appliance as well as exclusive sharing of the secret key with only another dedicated validation appliance or one-time with the client device reduces the likelihood of attackers discovering the secret keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: James A. ROBERTSON
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH BASED ON DEVICE USER RESPONSE
    Publication number: 20140114753
    Abstract: An approach for regulating the allocation of network bandwidth capacity based on user responsiveness to advertisement content is described. A bandwidth allocation platform determines, based on a metering of content delivered to a device via a network, the amount of content delivered is approaching a predetermined threshold of bandwidth allocated to the device by a provider of the network. The bandwidth allocation platform further determines, based on a monitoring of a duration or type of interaction or response of a user, an amount of additional bandwidth to be allocated to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hong XIAO, Dongchen Wang, Andre Turner, Azim Nasir
  • DYNAMIC BAND SELECTION AND AGGREGATION
    Publication number: 20140112160
    Abstract: A user device may receive a selection of an application associated with the user device; generate a query based on receiving the selection of the application; provide the query to a first server; and receive, from the first server, a response to the query based on providing the query. The response may include information regarding a resource demand of the application and information regarding a performance of one or more wireless bands. The user device may also determine one or more first wireless bands, of the one or more wireless bands, that satisfy the resource demand; connect with a network via the one or more first wireless bands of the one or more wireless bands; and communicate with a second server using the network to operate the application in accordance with the resource demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kamlesh S. KAMDAR, Lalit R. KOTECHA
  • NETWORK-ASSISTED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20140113556
    Abstract: A device may receive, over a radio access network and from a first user device, an indication that the first user device and a second user device are to communicate, and may obtain session setup information for establishing a communication session, via a local network, between the first user device and the second user device. The device may determine, based on the session setup information, that the second user device is capable of participating in the communication session, and may transmit, over the radio access network and to the first user device and the second user device, session management information that permits the first user device and the second user device to establish the communication session via the local network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventor: Lalit R. KOTECHA
  • SOLVABLE EXCEPTIONS
    Publication number: 20140115385
    Abstract: A task unit included in an application is executed. The task unit includes instructions for executing an application task. An exception is thrown by the task unit. A program fragment for resolving the exception is identified and used to obtain user input to resolve the exception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Don G. Archer, Matt R. Bruce, William D. York
  • SECURE INFORMATION DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20140115333
    Abstract: A first network device is configured to receive a request for content from a user device, determine that the user device is not authenticated, and send information to the user device that the user device requires authentication. The first network device is configured further to receive a notification that the user device is authorized to receive content from multiple content providers. The first network device is configured further to generate a secret key and authenticate the user device by using the secret key. The first network device is further configured to send the content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: William C. KING, Kwai Yeung LEE
  • Routing cost normalizing
    Patent number: 8705369
    Abstract: A computing device ranks multiple routing pairs based on a current routing configuration for weighted links in a network, and ranks the multiple routing pairs based on a proposed routing configuration, different than the current routing configuration, for the weighted links in the network. The computing device compares a current rank order of a first routing pair and a second routing pair in the multiple routing pairs with a proposed rank order of the first routing pair and the second routing pair. The computing device identifies a change between the current rank order and the proposed rank order and generates a data structure that indicates the identified change between the current rank order and the proposed rank order for the first routing pair and the second routing pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Luay Jalil
  • Method and system for monitoring and analyzing tickets
    Patent number: 8706726
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for monitoring and analyzing tickets including collecting data associated with one or more parameters/keywords of tickets. The methods and systems may also include determining if a number of tickets associated the one or more parameters/keywords exceeds a count threshold associated with the one or more parameters. The methods and systems may further include outputting a result of the analysis of the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Shafiq Kassam, Sudarshan Selvakumar, Venket Kandanala, Vadivel Mohanakrishnan, Fazil C. Ummer
  • Correcting client device inputs to a virtual machine
    Patent number: 8704764
    Abstract: A device receives, from a virtual machine, graphical information and information relating to a remote mouse cursor, and displays the graphical information and the remote mouse cursor. The device constrains boundaries associated with a local mouse cursor generated by the device, and prevents the local mouse cursor from being displayed by the device, and. The device further receives input information associated with the remote mouse cursor, corrects a magnitude associated with the input information, and provides the corrected input information to the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Zhang, Michael J. Matczynski, Seshubabu Pasam
  • Method and system of providing navigation service with directory assistance
    Patent number: 8706134
    Abstract: An approach is disclosed for providing navigation information for a requested listing to a mobile device caller of a directory assistance call. If the caller selects an option to receive driving directions to the listing destination, the directory assistance provider forwards the listing address to a platform that correlates the address with location coordinates. The platform can poll the calling device to obtain GPS identifying data for the mobile device and derive mapping and routing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Wasserman, Stephen L. Greene, Robert T. Winslow, Thaveesak Kraisornsuthasinee, Marianne Killelea, Richard A. Cucksey, Sundar Rajan Padmanabhan, Suzi Levas, Joseph Gu, Srinivas R. Karra
  • Method and system for providing presence-based communication over a cellular network for a dwelling
    Patent number: 8704655
    Abstract: An approach for providing presence-based communication over a cellular network for a dwelling is described. A notification message is received over a wireless network to a mobile device associated with a user, wherein the notification message indicates generation of a presence indication signal by a device within a premise of the user. A registration status of the mobile device with the notification service is determined. The notification message is forwarded to the mobile device based on the registration status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Louise P. Scannell
  • Managing service subscriptions in a network
    Patent number: 8706582
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include associating a first bundle with a subscriber on a first subscription date, the first bundle defining a pre-paid service, a first renewal date, and a first renewal price. The method may include associating a second bundle with the subscriber on a second date different than the first subscription date and different than the first renewal date, the second bundle defining a feature, not defined in the first bundle, of the prepaid service and a second renewal price, the second bundle having the first renewal date. The method may also include renewing the first bundle and the second bundle on the first renewal date if a balance of an account associated with the subscriber is greater than or equal to the first renewal fee plus the second renewal fee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ravikumar Pattabiraman, Daniel J. Murphy, Ho Yin Cheuk
  • Methods and systems for dynamically inserting an advertisement into a playback of a recorded media content instance
    Patent number: 8707182
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes maintaining data representative of a recorded media content instance comprising a media content program and a first advertisement and an index file corresponding to the recorded media content instance, playing back the recorded media content instance in accordance with timestamp data and storage location data included in the index file, dynamically replacing, during the playback of the recorded media content instance, a portion of the storage location data in the index file that corresponds to the first advertisement with storage location data corresponding to a second advertisement, and presenting the second advertisement in place of the first advertisement during the playback of the recorded media content instance in accordance with the modified index file. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Harpal S. Bassali, Marcelo D. Lechner, Michael P. Ruffini, Armando P. Stettner
  • Handing over a user device from one technology to another
    Patent number: 8705490
    Abstract: A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Arda Aksu, Jay J. Lee, Lalit R. Kotecha, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Thomas H. Tan, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias