Patents Assigned to VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC.
  • Mobile application security score calculation
    Patent number: 9098708
    Abstract: The security or other attributes of mobile applications may be assessed and assigned a security score. In one implementation, a device may obtain information relating to the mobile applications, and may determine, for each of the mobile applications, a number of security scores. Each of the security scores may define a level of risk for a security category relating to a mobile application. The device may further combine the security scores, for each of the mobile applications, to obtain, for each of the mobile applications, a final security score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Archer, Peter Tippett, Wade Baker, Gina M. Ganley, Alex Guazzelli
  • Cloud services layer dynamic API
    Patent number: 9098346
    Abstract: A network device receives a first file having a service-specific Application Programming Interface (API) definition for a first cloud service, and loads the service-specific API definition for the first cloud service into a Cloud Services Layer (CSL) API. The network device receives a service request involving the first cloud service, and handles, at the CSL API, the service request using the service-specific API definition for the first cloud service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Terence A. Robb, William M. Lacey, Roger D. Harris
  • On-net direct access to voicemail
    Patent number: 9100415
    Abstract: A device in a provider network receives a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request message from an originating device, where the SIP request message includes a general number for a voicemail service and where the voicemail service includes multiple voicemail systems. The device determines whether the originating device is associated with a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) account on the provider network and, when the originating device is associated with a VoIP account, selects a direct access number assigned to a voicemail system, from the multiple voicemail systems in the network, that services the VoIP account. The device also associates the direct access number and the SIP request message, and forwards, based on the direct access number, the SIP request message to an application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Madden Johnston, Euclid S. Brooks, Vikas V. Sahdev, Steven Leon Spak
  • Work flow command processing system
    Patent number: 9098338
    Abstract: A method including receiving a work flow for the ingestion, transformation, and distribution of content, wherein the work flow includes one or more work unit tasks; selecting one of the one or more work unit tasks for execution when resources are available; retrieving work unit task information that includes a work unit definition that specifies which of the one or more other work unit tasks are capable of being at least one of an input to the one of the one or more work unit tasks or an output for the one of the one or more work unit tasks, and work unit task connector parameters that specify a type of input content and a type of output content; and executing the one of the one or more work unit tasks based on a translated work unit task information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad Reza Shafiee, Sumeet Garg, Wei Liu, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Michael J. Naggar, Vinay Kumar Mishra
  • Building block based graphical user interface design and development systems and methods
    Patent number: 9098294
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a graphics export subsystem interfacing with a graphical user interface design subsystem to access data representative of a graphical user interface screen design, detecting a building block placeholder element in the graphical user interface screen design, accessing, from a repository of building block elements, data representative of a building block element associated with the building block placeholder element, and generating, based on the graphical user interface screen design and the building block element, computing code configured to be processed by a target computing device to render a graphical user interface screen in accordance with the graphical user interface screen design and the building block element. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Alex Zavatone, Donald H. Relyea
  • Detecting error conditions in standby links
    Patent number: 9100299
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a first network device, test traffic to be transmitted to a second network device. The first and second network devices are coupled via a number of communication links, where one of links is a backup link. The method also includes transmitting, by the first network device, the test traffic to the second network device at periodic intervals via the backup link, receiving, by the second network device, the test traffic and monitoring the received test traffic. The method further includes comparing the monitored test traffic to a threshold, determining whether the monitored test traffic meets the threshold, and generating an alarm or notification message, in response to determining that the monitored test traffic does not meet the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Roman Krzanowski, Frank M. Shannon
  • Cloud-based distributed denial of service mitigation
    Patent number: 9100432
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving an indication of a distributed denial of service event at a front end system associated with a customer; generating one or more virtual front end systems for the customer, in response to receiving the indication of the distributed denial of service event; and redirecting traffic intended for the customer's front end system to the generated one or more virtual front end systems. The method may further include determining whether resource capacity of the generated one or more virtual front end systems has been reached; and generating an additional one or more virtual front end systems for the customer, in response to determining that the resource capacity of the generated one or more virtual front end systems has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Carney, Dante J. Pacella, Jeffrey A. Jackson, Martin W. McKee
  • Resource management in dynamic network environments
    Patent number: 9100304
    Abstract: A system comprises a communications network configured to support transmission of a plurality of communications streams and a resource manager communicatively coupled to the communications network and configured to provision resources of the communications network to the plurality of communications streams. The system may further comprise a performance test manager communicatively coupled to said communications network and configured to identify a communication stream from said plurality of communications streams, identify a test network path for said identified communication stream that is substantially free of other network traffic, and perform a performance test over said test network path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Hassan M. Omar
  • Navigation based on direction of travel/user-defined path
    Patent number: 9097553
    Abstract: A device receives global navigation satellite system coordinates associated with a mobile user device, and determines a direction of travel of the mobile user device based on the global navigation satellite system coordinates. The device creates a user-defined path based on a user-defined starting point, a user-defined destination point, and one or more user-defined intermediate points received from the mobile user device, and receives, from the mobile user device, a search request for points of interest in one of the direction of travel or along the user-defined path. The device further determines, based on the search request, one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path, and provides, to the mobile user device, the determined one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, Jr.
  • Fiber signal loss event identification
    Patent number: 9097615
    Abstract: A system includes a wavelength tunable laser to provide a first optical pulse of a first wavelength and a second optical pulse of a second wavelength to an optical fiber, a reflection detector to determine a first fiber attenuation curve from the first reflected pulse and a second fiber attenuation curve from the second reflected pulse, and a discontinuous loss event analyzer to identify a discontinuous loss event at a discontinuous loss point in at least one of the first fiber attenuation curve and the second first fiber attenuation curve, determine a return loss slope based on a return loss at the discontinuous loss point for the first fiber attenuation curve and a return loss at the discontinuous loss point for the second first fiber attenuation curve, and determine whether the discontinuous loss event is a bad fiber bending event based on the return loss slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Tiejun J. Xia, Scott R. Kotrla
  • Method and apparatus for providing virtual circuit protection and traffic validation
    Patent number: 9100341
    Abstract: An approach provides virtual circuit protection. Traffic is received at a network interface device configured to interface an Ethernet virtual circuit of a service provider transport network over a user network interface (UNI). The network interface device is configured as a demarcation point between a customer network and the service provider transport network. Circuit replication is performed over the virtual circuit to create a plurality of communication paths over the virtual circuit by assigning respective tags for independently switching the traffic over the communication paths. One of the communication paths is designated as a standby communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael U. Bencheck, Matthew W. Turlington, Vincent A. Alesi, William Bjorkman
  • Proactive diagnostics
    Patent number: 9100804
    Abstract: A data message is received from a machine-to-machine (M2M) device over a mobile communication network. The data message includes: a Machine Identification (MID) number of a machine coupled to the M2M device and/or an identifier of the M2M device; location information of the machine; and an alert based on a condition of the machine satisfying a service or alarm criterion. A database associated with the application server is searched for different solutions for the machine satisfying a service or alarm criterion. The machine is then matched with one or more providers that can service the machine for each solution. A tailored response data message, based on the machine location information, the identified condition and the matched provider(s), is sent to the user of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Sagiv Draznin
  • PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS TO COMPUTING RESOURCES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150215130
    Abstract: A security device may receive a request, associated with a user, to access a particular device. The security device may authenticate the user based on the request. The security device may determine a key, from a set of keys stored by the security device, that is unassigned, and may assign the key to the user. The security device may mark the key as assigned. The security device may provide the key to the particular device, which may cause the particular device to validate the key by comparing the key to a set of valid keys. The set of valid keys may be stored in a memory accessible by the particular device based on having been previously provided to the particular device by the security device. The security device may establish a session with the particular device, and may provide the user with access to the particular device via the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy BROPHY, Paul M. Curtis
  • 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
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAILOVER DETECTION AND RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20150212909
    Abstract: An approach for efficient failover detection includes detecting an attempt by a first server to transition from a standby mode to an active mode, diagnosing a loss of connectivity to the first server in a control plane as a cause of the attempt, and transitioning to a standby mode based on the diagnosed cause of the attempt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Eric SPOREL
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VALUE-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMISSION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150215317
    Abstract: An approach for providing value-based resource management and admission control is described. A value-based platform may receive a request from a user or a service provider to access an asset, a service, or a combination thereof. The value-based platform may further apply a policy rule to account information associated with the user to determine a user value score. The value-based platform may also generate prioritization information for admitting the user to the asset, the service, or a combination thereof based on the user value score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Eric SPOREL
  • 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
  • Machine-to-machine (“M2M”) platform systems and methods
    Patent number: 9094777
    Abstract: Exemplary machine-to-machine (“M2M”) systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an M2M platform system operating an M2M platform in accordance with a functionality set of the M2M platform, receiving data representative of an update to the functionality set of the M2M platform, and seamlessly transitioning, based on the data representative of the update and during runtime operation of the M2M platform, from the operating of the M2M platform in accordance with the functionality set of the M2M platform to operating the M2M platform in accordance with an updated functionality set of the M2M platform. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mohanraj Umapathy, Phan Anh Tran, David Geltner
  • Multi-layer graphics painting for mobile devices
    Patent number: 9092241
    Abstract: A mobile device may efficiently update a multi-layer graphic display by storing a background image representing an image of a graphic user interface displayed by the device but not including graphic elements that are in an active layer of the graphic user interface. The device may determine regions in the graphic user interface that previously corresponded to locations of the graphic elements and that no longer correspond to locations of the graphic elements; and issue one or more graphic commands to set the determined regions to be equal to corresponding regions from the background image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Diego S. Rozensztejn, Jack Jianxiu Hao
  • Provisioning system for network resources
    Patent number: 9092791
    Abstract: A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider generates a purchase order. Furthermore, a capacity planning system may monitor the system as resources are placed into service. If the amount of spare resources fall below a predetermined limit, the capacity planning system may transmit a request to the vendor for the additional equipment. In this manner, resources may be installed prior to the actual need for the resources. The resources may then be paid for by the service provider as the resources are needed and placed into service, thereby enabling a risk-sharing arrangement between the service provider and the vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Day, Donald Pitchforth