Patents Assigned to Verizon Wireless
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Publication number: 20150237196Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Lin Song, William Andrew Fish, Tim D. Paiement
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Publication number: 20150227989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Arpita Chattopadhyay, Tojimon Mathew
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Publication number: 20150227478Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless)Inventors: Rita Sadhvani, Brigitte Bastaldo-Tsampalis
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Publication number: 20150223060Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicants: 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
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Publication number: 20150223051Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventor: Kiran Nadgir
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Publication number: 20150220837Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESSInventor: Donna L. Polehn
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Publication number: 20150215160Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Taral PATEL, Miguel A. Carames, Stephen J. Kolanowski
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Publication number: 20150215346Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Lalit R. KOTECHA, Jyothi Keshavdas
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Patent number: 9092400Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Zhijian (Jeff) Lin, Eliezer Pasetes
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Publication number: 20150208275Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Deepak Kakadia, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Priscilla Lau, David Chiang, Arda Aksu, Maria G. Lam
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Publication number: 20150200904Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Radhika KHANNA, Mahendra Tharshanan
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Publication number: 20150199401Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicants: 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
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Publication number: 20150195150Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing inc.Inventors: Phillip A. Ritter, Chris S. Neisinger, Barry F. Hoffner
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Publication number: 20150195281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Praveen Venkataramu, Ruben Cuadrat, Manuel Enrique Caceres, James A. Xanthos
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Publication number: 20150195707Abstract: A packet gateway in a mobile network generates a unique identifier related to a mobile device owner and inserts the unique identifier into a data request. A merchant website receives and forwards the unique identifier to a customer information mediation server. The customer information mediation server utilizes the unique identifier to retrieve information related to the mobile device owner and provides the retrieved information to the merchant website. The merchant website, in turn, provides portions of the retrieved information to the mobile device as part of the response to the data request. The provided portions of the retrieved information may be included as pre-populated fields, for example in a check-out form of a web page. The mobile device owner may then complete the check-out or other transaction without entering any, or entering only limited, information related to the owner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Nash Sivaganesh, Sankar Shanmugam, Moorthy Sengottaiyan
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Publication number: 20150189552Abstract: A mobile device includes a transceiver that receives data from a network, and transmits data to the network, an input interface that receives input data from a user of the device, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input from the input interface indicating a desired quality of service (QoS) requested by the user for a communication session through the network. The processor is also configured to append a code corresponding to the desired QoS to a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message relating to set-up of the communication session, and transmit the SIP invite message to the network by the transceiver to control the network to provide the desired QoS during communication between the mobile device and another device via the communication session through the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESSInventors: Carlos A. Cazanas, Kalpan S. Shah, Phillip A. Leone, Victor M. Pagan
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Publication number: 20150186564Abstract: A first network device executing a device simulation tool receives a selection of a second network device in a communications network. The first network device receives a selection of at least one use case, scenario or error condition associated with operation of the second network device or the communications network, and executes a network simulation of the communications network based on the at least one use case, scenario or error condition. The first network device generates a call flow diagram, which involves the selected second network device, based on the executed network simulation, and provides a graphical display of the generated call flow diagram.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Christopher M. Schmidt, Gopinath Venkatasubramaniam
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Publication number: 20150189005Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jean F. Dubois, Lily Zhu, Patrick J. Moran
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Publication number: 20150188877Abstract: Systems and methods for APN-based DNS query resolution for wireless data networks are disclosed. Some implementations include receiving a domain name system (DNS) query for a domain name from a device having a source IP address, the DNS query being associated with an access point name, determining whether the source IP address is within a predetermined IP address range, upon determining the source IP address is within the predetermined IP address range, updating the DNS query to include an updated domain name unique to the predetermined IP address range, forwarding the updated DNS query to a DNS server for resolution, receiving an IP address corresponding to the updated DNS query from the DNS server, the IP address being different from an IP address associated with the DNS query, and providing the device with the IP address corresponding to the updated DNS query.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESSInventors: Lixia YAN, Ho Yin CHEUK, Ravikumar PATTABIRAMAN
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Publication number: 20150189525Abstract: An approach for receiving an input for specifying one or more parameters for evaluating a device under testing. The approach further involves generating a test route based on the input, wherein the test route represents a test environment in which the device under testing is expected to be subjected to the one or more parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessInventors: Christopher M. SCHMIDT, Gopi VENKATASUBRAMANIAM