Patents Assigned to VERIZON
  • Patent number: 11259186
    Abstract: A device determines information concerning the device and sends the information concerning the device to a first device. The device receives, from the first device, information concerning a user device, and receives, from a second device, a request concerning the user device accessing the device. The request includes information identifying the device and information identifying the user device. The device generates a request response by validating the user device for access to the device based on the request and sends, to the second device, the request response to facilitate a communication session to be established between the user device and the device. The device communicates with the user device via the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Byunghun Choi, Jyotsna Kachroo, Ray P. Hwang, Dayong He, Samirkumar Patel, Emilia C. Quijano, Young Rak Choi, Warren Hojilla Uy, Feng Luo, Manuel Enrique Caceres
  • Patent number: 11258691
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the tracking and/or calculating of performance metrics associated with a network by marking traffic and determining performance characteristics of the marked traffic. Such performance characteristics or metrics may include throughput, latency, jitter, and/or other metrics. The marking may be performed on “user” traffic, which may be traffic that is generated or sent via the network by an application or service (e.g., a voice call service, a content streaming service, etc.), as opposed to “synthetic” or “test” traffic, which is traffic that is generated or sent for the purposes of testing performance of the network (e.g., traffic related to a “speed test” or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Arda Aksu, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 11258609
    Abstract: A client application component of a device may provide a request to an authentication component of the device for an authentication token, in order to authenticate an application with a server. The authentication component may generate the authentication token to be one-way encrypted, based on a server token and a data string associated with security information corresponding to the application, and device information that identifies the device. The client application component may receive the authentication token from the authentication component. The client application component may generate, based on the authentication token, a client token and transmit the client token to the server to authenticate the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hany Samir Atiya, Jyotsna Kachroo, Manuel Enrique Caceres, Mauricio Pati Caldeira De Andrada
  • Patent number: 11258773
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a request to establish a virtualized environment to support a session for a client device in communication with the computing device over a network. The computing device may instantiate the virtualized environment in a trusted execution environment of the computing device, wherein the trusted execution environment may include one or more hardware resources that isolate the virtualized environment from a rich execution environment associated with the computing device. The computing device may cause a hardware security module associated with the computing device to obtain one or more cryptographic keys by communicating with a secure element of the client device, and the computing device may secure communication between a local operating system executing on the client device and the virtualized environment instantiated in the trusted execution environment using the one or more cryptographic keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Enrique Caceres, Taussif Khan, Mauricio Pati Caldeira De Andrada, Warren Hojilla Uy
  • Patent number: 11256663
    Abstract: Dynamic and selective compression for content caching is provided for improving content delivery over a digital network. The dynamic and selective compression increased server cache size for higher cache-hit ratios that offset delays associated with compressing and decompressing content. The dynamic compression involves switching between an available set of compression tools in order to compress different files with the compression tool that is optimal for that file. The selective compression involves selectively compressing the content or files with the optimal compression tool when at least a threshold amount of space savings is obtained in an acceptable amount of time. Thus, the caching server caches compressed copies of a first set of files compressed with a first compression tool, compressed copies of a second set of files compressed with a different second compression tool, and an uncompressed third set of files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Digital Media Services Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Rigor
  • Publication number: 20220053311
    Abstract: A device may receive data identifying user devices within a geographical area of a base station, respective services provided by the base station to the user devices, the geographical area, an earth station within the geographical area, an infrastructure within the geographical area, and other base stations located geographically adjacent to the geographical area. The device may determine, based on the received data, interfering beams of the base station that interfere with the earth station, and may include data identifying the interfering beams, in a first list of beams to be deemphasized. The device may determine, based on the received data, beams of the base station to be emphasized based on the infrastructure, and may include data identifying the beams to be emphasized, in a second list. The device may control the base station based on the first list and the second list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin YANG, Ratul K. GUHA, Krishna K. BELLAMKONDA, Krishnamurthy SREENATH
  • Publication number: 20220053047
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for providing extended container capabilities via helper functions that are executed by an entity with a higher privilege level than that of the containerized process. In order to limit the opportunity for malicious or otherwise unauthorized use of such extended container capabilities, such helper functions may limit enabled arguments and/or otherwise limit utilization of functionality associated with a higher privilege level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: David Robert Lenrow
  • Publication number: 20220053374
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for the pseudo-cooperative load balancing and/or distribution of traffic and/or other types of data by independent nodes. Techniques described herein may be considered “pseudo-cooperative” in that the resulting distribution of traffic and/or other data may resemble load balancing techniques in which various nodes, that serve as an ingress for data for distribution and/or other types of processing, communicate with each other (e.g., share context information) in order to perform load balancing in a coordinated or cooperative manner. In contrast, nodes in accordance with some embodiments described herein may perform load balancing with the same or similar results (e.g., a relatively even distribution of traffic and/or other data), without communicating with each other, thus saving time, processing resources, and/or other resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Bynum, Joshua J. Hollander
  • Publication number: 20220051038
    Abstract: A device may process the video data, with a first machine learning model, to identify a driver of a vehicle and may process the video data associated with the driver, with a second machine learning model, to detect behavior data identifying a behavior of the driver. The device may process the behavior data, with a third machine learning model, to determine distraction data identifying whether the behavior is classified as a distracted behavior. The device may process the behavior data, with a fourth machine learning model, to determine policy compliance data identifying whether the behavior satisfies one or more policies. The device may calculate a distraction score based on the distraction data and the video data, and may calculate a policy compliance score based on the policy compliance data and vehicle data. The device may perform one or more actions based on the distraction score and the policy compliance score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: VERIZON CONNECT IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Douglas COIMBRA DE ANDRADE, Andrea BENERICETTI, Aurel Pjetri, Leonardo TACCARI, Francesco SAMBO, Alex Quintero GARCIA, Luca BRAVI
  • Publication number: 20220053476
    Abstract: A device of a network may receive a session configuration message for an application session associated with an application of a user equipment (UE) that provided the session configuration message. The device of a network may identify, from the session configuration message, a quality of service (QoS) profile for the application session. The device of a network may determine that the application is authorized to use a network slice of the network that satisfies one or more QoS thresholds of the QoS profile. The device of a network may identify resources of the network that can be configured to satisfy the one or more QoS thresholds. The device of a network may instantiate the resources for communication of application data of the application session. Instantiating the resources may enable the UE to communicate the application data via the network slice using the resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Arda AKSU, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Vishwanath RAMAMURTHI, David CHIANG, Donna L. POLEHN, Jin YANG
  • Publication number: 20220053463
    Abstract: A base station may allocate wireless communication resources to configure a synthetic wireless communication signal for use as a radar signal. The synthetic wireless communication signal may be configured according to a wireless communication protocol of a wireless communication network that is associated with the base station. The base station may transmit, from an antenna and toward an area associated with the base station, the synthetic wireless communication signal. The base station may detect a reflected signal that is associated with the synthetic wireless communication signal. The base station may process the reflected signal to generate radar data; and perform an action associated with the radar data and the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Arda AKSU, Jin YANG, Vishwanath RAMAMURTHI, Donna L. POLEHN, Lalit R. KOTECHA
  • Patent number: 11252053
    Abstract: Methods, systems and programming for delivering web page content using edge server. In one example, a request is received from a user for a page including at least a piece of generic content and a plurality pieces of customized content. The request is forwarded from the user to a content server over the network. The piece of generic content and a first type of instruction are sent to the user. The piece of generic content and the first type of instruction are received from the content server as a response to the forwarded request. Each of the plurality pieces of customized content is sent to the user upon receiving a respective piece of customize content from the content server. The plurality pieces of customized content are to be assembled on the page in accordance with the first type of instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Krutzler, Edward J. Campbell, III, Shu Kit Chan, Gamaiel Zavala
  • Patent number: 11250469
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for accessing first party Internet cookies. One method includes receiving, over an electronic network, a request for an electronic advertisement or an Internet cookie, wherein the request is received in response to a user requesting content from a subdomain of an advertising entity domain; and sending, to a device associated with the user, an Internet cookie having the subdomain of the advertising entity domain. The method further includes receiving, from the device associated with the user, a request for content from the subdomain of the advertising entity domain, wherein the request is received in response to the user requesting content from a domain of an online publisher; and accessing data stored in the Internet cookie sent to the device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew M. Patton, Seth Mitchell Demsey
  • Patent number: 11251857
    Abstract: A device may obtain, from a user equipment (UE), first information relating to one or more signal strengths measured by the UE. A signal strength of the one or more signal strengths may be associated with a beam of a radio node. The device may identify, based on the first information, a particular signal strength that is associated with a particular beam. The device may select, based on the particular beam, one or more related beams that are associated with the particular beam. The one or more related beams may be associated with the particular beam based on historical data relating to historical signal strengths measured by a plurality of UEs. The device may provide, to the UE, second information that identifies the one or more related beams selected, to permit the UE to communicate using the one or more related beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, David Chiang
  • Patent number: 11252654
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user equipment, a token request associated with an application, wherein the token request is associated with a device identifier. The device may generate a device token for the application and the user equipment. The device may provide, using the device identifier, the device token to the user equipment to enable a user to access the application via an application platform. The device may receive, from the application platform, a slice request for a network slice of a network that is to be used for an application session. The device may determine that the user equipment is associated with the application session based on the device token and the device identifier. The device may configure a network slice instance of the network slice. The device may determine a user equipment route selection policy for the application session according to the network slice instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Enrique Caceres, Umesh Kumar Gupta, Mauricio Pati Caldeira De Andrada, Muhammad Salman Nomani, Jyotsna Kachroo, Jun Yuan
  • Patent number: 11252281
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing RAN-usage-based tracking in a wireless core network. The method includes obtaining a plan code for a communication device connecting to a radio access network (RAN); associating, based on the plan code, the communication device with a RAN-usage-based plan; and reporting, after the associating, a tracking instance of RAN usage by the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lixia Yan, Imtiaz Shaikh, Barry F. Hoffner, Ho Yin Cheuk, Marc Chiaverini
  • Patent number: 11252653
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage subscription service is provided. The network slice usage subscription service may allow a network device to obtain network slice usage information and event notifications. The event notification may indicate when an end device is using a network slice and when the end device is no longer the network slice. The network device may include an application function (AF) device. The network device may use the event notification to perform an operation relating to the network slice and/or the end device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suzann Hua, Ye Huang, Jude M. Munn, Parry Cornell Booker, Miguel A. Carames
  • Patent number: 11252622
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to attach to a user device, wherein the network device provides wireless access coverage in a cell area or a sector area of a first network; detect whether the network device is in a congested state; generate a message that indicates that the network device is in the congested state when the network device is in the congested state; and transmit the message on a control or signaling channel for receipt by user devices attached to the network device in the cell area or the sector area. The user device scans the control or signaling channel before initiating a session and determines whether the network device is in the congested state. When the network device is in the congested state, the user device performs a switchover to a second network. The user device has multimode capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Zhu, Andrew E. Youtz, Christopher M. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11252267
    Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Shen, Suri B. Medapati, Walter John Schmidt, Sankar Subramanian, James F. Dimattia
  • Patent number: 11252788
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the modeling of channel condition information, associated with a base station of a radio access network (“RAN”) associated with a wireless network, over time. The model may be used to determine, estimate, or predict channel information associated with the base station at a given time, such as a time corresponding to a request for content (e.g., streaming content). The channel condition information corresponding to this time, as determined based on the model, may be used to select a particular version of the content to provide in response to the request. By virtue of receiving this information, the content provider may forgo performing a speed test, a ramp up transmission scheme, and/or other technique that may otherwise used to select the version of the content to provide in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Corey J. Christopherson, Fred Weisbrod