Patents Assigned to VERIZON
  • Patent number: 10785513
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content provider system acquiring, from a plurality of capture devices physically disposed at different vantage points in relation to a scene, a distinct set of two-dimensional (2D) color data and depth data (2D data) for each capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, each distinct set of 2D data representing a distinct unmeshed view of the scene as captured from a respective vantage point of a respective capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, acquiring metadata for each distinct set of 2D data, packaging each distinct set of 2D data into a transport stream such that the transport stream includes data representing each distinct unmeshed view of the scene as captured from each respective vantage point of each respective capture device, and providing the metadata and the transport stream for streaming to a media player device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lodato, Rene Sepulveda, Pai Moodlagiri, Denny Breitenfeld, Syed Meeran Kamal, Mohammad Raheel Khalid, Xavier Hansen
  • Patent number: 10785172
    Abstract: An approach is provided for delivering messages to a user based on their activity status. An activity detection platform receives a request to deliver a message from a sending device to a receiving device. The activity detection platform also detects an activity status of a receiving user associated with the receiving device based on the request. The activity detection platform also presents at least one delivery option for the message at the sending device to a sending user based on the detection. The message is then processed based on the at least one delivery option selected by the sending user prior to a presentation of the message to the receiving user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Tanya D. Cherifi, Ramesh Marimuthu
  • Patent number: 10785722
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device; instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method; and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device; map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device; and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Song, Ye Huang, Jin Yang, Yee Sin Chan, Jignesh S. Panchal
  • Patent number: 10783791
    Abstract: One or more servers may include a first communication interface to communicate with a mobile device; a second communication interface to communicate with devices associated with a plurality of vehicles; and a selection mechanism. The first communication interface may receive, via a network, a request from the mobile device based on an interaction with the mobile device. And, the selection mechanism may determine weighted scores for two or more, of the plurality of vehicle, and select one of the two or more vehicles by using a selection function that improves access to vehicle services and decreases waste of resources used by the plurality of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Nader Gharachorloo, Afshin Moshrefi
  • Patent number: 10783714
    Abstract: An exemplary extended reality presentation system presents, to a user, a field of view into an extended reality world, and identifies an augmentable object from a set of objects presented in the field of view. The system determines that the augmentable object is located at a first apparent proximity to the user, and presents, within the field of view, a first form of an overlay object graphically associated with the augmentable object. The first form is tailored to the first apparent proximity. Subsequent to determining that the augmentable object is located at the first apparent proximity, the system determines that the augmentable object has come to be located at a second apparent proximity to the user and replaces, within the field of view, the first form of the overlay object with a second form of the overlay object distinct from the first form and tailored to the second apparent proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Layton R. Diament, Michael Y. Huang
  • Patent number: 10785723
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may be used to conserver battery power of an Internet of Things (IoT) tracker by increasing the overall amount of time that the IoT tracker is in a battery conservation mode (a sleep mode, a Power Save Mode (PSM), etc.). A IoT tracker may implement a battery conservation policy that may include instructions that cause the IoT tracker to monitor certain conditions, determine when the conditions satisfy a particular trigger, and implement a battery conservation mode in response to those conditions. Examples of such conditions may include (1) the IoT tracker being close to a user device designated to track the location of the IoT tracker, (2) identifying that a current time and day are associated with a pre-selected schedule for disabling tracking services, (3) the IoT tracker being located within a particular geographic area, and more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Sandeep Dhandu, Yuk Lun Li
  • Patent number: 10785674
    Abstract: An example method can include receiving information identifying a quality of service (QoS) flow for a communication session involving a user equipment (UE). The information can include a QoS profile and a QoS flow identifier (QFI). The method can include identifying, from a QoS profile, a QoS configuration identifier associated with the QoS flow and selecting a data radio bearer (DRB) for the communications associated with the QoS flow. The DRB can be selected based on a mapping of a plurality of DRBs to a plurality of QoS flows, and the mapping can be based on corresponding QoS configuration identifiers of the plurality of QoS flows. The method can include assigning the QoS flow to the selected DRB by adding the QFI of the QoS flow to the mapping relative to the selected DRB and causing the communications associated with the QoS flow to be transmitted using the selected DRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Violeta Cakulev, Muthukumar Retnasamy, Ratul Kumar Guha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Kalyani Bogineni
  • Patent number: 10785210
    Abstract: A user may have real-time control over whether accessing a network service account implements two-factor authentication. When a username and password is provided to log into the network service account, a determination may be made about whether the login attempt is a potential security threat. When the login attempt does not appear to be a threat, the login attempt may be processed based on the username and password. When the login attempt is a potential security threat, the actual user corresponding to the network service account may be notified and asked to confirm whether the login attempt is a security threat. When the user confirms that the login attempt is not a security threat, the user may be logged in based on the username and password. When the user confirms that the login attempt is a security threat, two-factor authentication may be implemented for accessing the network service account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijian Lin, Kumar Sanjeev, Brandon James Martella, Ashwin R. Kamath, Dongliang Hu
  • Patent number: 10783204
    Abstract: A device can include one or more processors to: receive a query; determine a plurality of candidate samples based on the query, a candidate sample, of the plurality of candidate samples, having a location portion of zero or more tokens and an objective portion of zero or more tokens; determine a score for the candidate sample based on a data structure, the score being determined based on at least one of: a location value, associated with the location portion, that is identified using the data structure, or an objective value, associated with the location portion, that is identified using the data structure; and perform an action with regard to the query based on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Batta, Carolyn Vlach, Chad Kearney, Jonathan Harahush
  • Patent number: 10783793
    Abstract: An Aerial Robotics Network (ARN) Management Infrastructure (MI) (also referred to as ARNMI) that provides a mechanism for the management of aerobots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: X, Jonathan Evans, Andrew McCollough, Dana Maher, Jake Nylund, Eric Miller, Chase Fiedler
  • Patent number: 10784930
    Abstract: A system includes a first antenna array, and a sector scheduler. The sector scheduler determines if a number of transmit antennas of the first antenna array, that serves a location of a user equipment (UE), is less than a maximum multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) capability of the UE. The sector scheduler causes data to be transmitted to the UE via one or more transmit antennas of the first antenna array and at least one transmit antenna associated with a second antenna array of a selected adjacent sector based on the number of transmit antennas of the first antenna array being less than the maximum MIMO capability of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nader El Chebib, Edwin Ratchaganathan
  • Publication number: 20200296222
    Abstract: A device obtains and stores presence reporting area (PRA) data, including an area identifier, an event start time, and an event end time. The device receives, at a first point in time, an indication that a user device is present in an area identified by the area identifier. The device determines whether the first point in time is at or between the event start time and the event end time, and selectively reports a presence of the user device in the area based on a result of determining whether the first point in time is at or between the event start time and the event end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lixia YAN, Marc Jason CHIAVERINI, Barry F. HOFFNER
  • Publication number: 20200296643
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (WCD) may receive resource utilization values indicating an amount of available resources of server devices that are capable of sharing resources to support a session of an application. The WCD may generate performance scores for base station-server device groupings that are candidates for being selected as a target base station and a target server device. The WCD may select the target base station and the target server device based on the set of performance scores. The WCD may cause the session to be established in a manner that allows resources of the target server device to support the session of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Amitav MUKHERJEE, Patricia R. CHANG
  • Patent number: 10779200
    Abstract: A network device receives, from a base station included in a network, location information associated with a user equipment included in the network. The network device determines, based on the location information, a cell type associated with a cell that is associated with the base station. The network device transmits, based on determining the cell type, a notification to a second network device included in the network, where the second network device, based on receiving the notification, determines a policy rule associated with the cell type, and where the second network device transmits the policy rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lixia Yan, Marc Jason Chiaverini, James Mathison, Barry F. Hoffner
  • Patent number: 10779178
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide on-demand network slicing to support testing of customer use cases A test network management system receives customer parameters for a use case in a production network. The customer parameters include an identifier for a user equipment (UE) device to be tested with the use case. The test network management system provides, to the UE device, configuration information to associate the UE device with a test mode network segment of the production network. A network device in the production network may receive a registration request, from the UE device, that includes the configuration information. Based on the configuration information, the network device blocks the UE device from accessing the production network. Instead, the test network management system initiates provisioning of the test mode network segment for the UE device; and the network device redirects the registration request to the test mode network segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sankaran Ramanathan, Charles Andrew Beltran, Gaurav B. Patel
  • Patent number: 10775982
    Abstract: An exemplary multimode communication system presents a single on-screen user interface on a communication device associated with a user. The user interface includes a contact communication pane that displays a communication history between the user and a selected contact, and a communication initiation pane that displays a first user input panel configured to allow the user to initiate a communication session of a first communication mode with the selected contact. While the communication history is displayed in the contact communication pane, the multimode communication system detects a user action with respect to the communication initiation pane and, in response, graphically replaces the first user input panel with a second user input panel configured to allow the user to initiate a communication session of a second communication mode with the selected contact. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie Katai, Kristopher T. Frazier, Michael J. D'Argenio, Zachariah Eamon Nelson
  • Patent number: 10779135
    Abstract: A device receives sensor data for a group of user equipment (UE) that are located within or on a structure. The device determines, based on a set of measured barometric pressures identified by the sensor data, a set of relative altitudes that identify altitudes of the group of UEs relative to one or more known geographic locations. The device determines, based on at least a portion of the sensor data and relative altitude data that identifies the set of relative altitudes, and for each UE of the group of UEs, a floor on which the UE is located. The device causes, based on determining respective floors on which the UEs of the group of UEs are located, a data structure to store a mapping of each UE to the respective floors. The device performs one or more actions based on the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Monga, Kevin Donnellan
  • Patent number: 10778796
    Abstract: A proxy may provide user equipment (“UE”), operating within or outside a particular Local Area Network (“LAN”), access to different network-connected devices operating within the particular LAN, including access to read data from the devices, write data to the devices, or otherwise configure the devices to perform various tasks, functions, or other actions. The proxy may provide an external network interface to access the network-connected devices of a given LAN by converting and securely exchanging messaging between a first interface that is exposed to the external network, such as the Internet, and a different second interface with which the network-connected devices communicate within the LAN. A single application or user interface, executing on the UE, may also be used to facilitate messaging with the proxy, and access to each of the different network-connected devices on the LAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Dayalan Cooppan
  • Patent number: 10778699
    Abstract: Localized and global detection and mitigation of network attacks in a distributed platform are provided. The localized detection identifies attacks occurring at individual nodes of the distributed platform based on packet analysis conducted by each individual node. The global detection identifies attacks occurring across the distributed platform based on packet analysis conducted on traffic aggregated from across the distributed platform. Either detection involves inspecting headers of the sampled packets. Each header property is scored based on an amount of deviation from threshold values. The sum of scores identifies the header properties that form an attack signature. Attack protections are implemented against subsequently arriving packets with header properties matching the attack signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Digital Media Services Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bradley, Jayson G. Sakata
  • Patent number: 10778755
    Abstract: An exemplary edge compute orchestration system that is communicatively coupled with a set of edge compute nodes in a communication network receives a performance test assignment request generated by a user equipment (“UE”) device coupled to the network. In response, the system assigns the UE device to perform a performance test to detect a performance metric for a particular edge compute node selected from the set of edge compute nodes. Subsequently, the system accesses performance data including the performance metric and geolocation data corresponding to the performance metric and representative of a geolocation of the UE device during the performance of the performance test. The system integrates the performance data into a geolocation-indexed performance dataset representative of detected performance metrics, indexed by geolocation for the communication network. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Campbell, Ravi Sharma, Raghuram Parvataneni