Patents Assigned to VERIZON
  • Patent number: 9436371
    Abstract: An exemplary mobile application management system detects a first user input provided by a user while a first user interface associated with a first feature of a mobile application is displayed within an application display area of a display screen of a mobile computing device executing the mobile application. The first user input represents a request to transform the first user interface into a minimized widget associated with the first feature of the mobile application. The mobile application management system directs, in response to the first user input, the mobile computing device to concurrently display, in place of the first user interface, the minimized widget within a first region of the application display area and a second user interface associated with one or more additional features of the mobile application within a second region of the application display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Adam J. Simon, Rachelle Winterrowd, Aaron Stahl
  • Patent number: 9438383
    Abstract: A device is configured to transmit uplink data to a base station using a resource. The device may receive an acknowledgment from the base station based on the uplink data. The acknowledgment may indicate a positive acknowledgment or a negative acknowledgment. The device may decode the acknowledgment as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment. The device may receive a control message from the base station indicating resource assignments for user devices. The device may determine the acknowledgement is falsely decoded as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment based on the resource assignments. The device may selectively retransmit the uplink data to the base station using the resource based on whether the acknowledgment is falsely decoded as the positive acknowledgment or the negative acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jignesh S. Panchal
  • Patent number: 9438693
    Abstract: A system and method for message retry in a broadband gateway comprising a receiver to receive one or more messages, a module to create an interface watch in the event one or more communications for processing the one or more messages cannot be established with one or more interfacing systems, and a terminator to terminate the processing of the one or more messages as a message processing safeguard during provisioning and activation of broadband DSL service to customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Shiv Nayak Kolakeri, Abhitabh Kushwaha, Sameer N. Dharmadhikari
  • Patent number: 9439193
    Abstract: A network device may determine a sequence. The sequence may identify an order in which particular unlicensed bands, of a plurality of unlicensed bands in an unlicensed spectrum, are to be assigned for the transmission of data flows. The network device may provide information identifying the sequence via a licensed band to a user device to cause the user device to transmit or receive the data flows via the particular unlicensed bands identified in the sequence in the order in which the particular unlicensed bands are to be assigned; and transmit or receive, to or from the user device, the data flows via the particular unlicensed and the licensed bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Yee Sin Chan, Zheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 9436929
    Abstract: Exemplary collaborative event playlist systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary system includes a moderator device located at an event premises, connected to a local area network at the event premises, and hosting a collaborative event playlist for playback at an event at the event premises. The system further includes a participant device located at the event premises, connected to the local area network at the event premises, and configured to communicate with the moderator device by way of the local area network to participate in populating the collaborative event playlist with a song to which the participant device has access rights. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Oliver, Brian F. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9438860
    Abstract: A system and method may include receiving a media stream via a media delivery network, the media stream comprising a plurality of media segments, measuring a plurality of characteristics of a media segment of the plurality of media segments, and assigning a characteristics score to each of the plurality of characteristics. The system and method may further include applying a filter to the media segment to generate a media segment score based on the characteristics scores and to compare the media segment score with a threshold, and outputting a filtered media stream from the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Syed Zafar Beyabani
  • Patent number: 9438745
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium stores executable instructions to provide a program service; predict whether a disruption in the program service is to occur; generate and transmit a message, which indicates a predicted disruption of the program service, to user devices; switch to another program device, by the user devices, to receive the program service; transmit another message to the user device when the disruption is over. Additionally, a method, a device, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium stores executable instructions to provide a failure over service that informs other user devices that an in-home server device is down, and a backup service that includes storing program service data, which includes recorded programs and user settings, on the in-home server device and a cloud device. The backup service also includes a recovery service that restores the program service data when the in-home server device is replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Venkata S. Adimatyam, Sameer Gavade, Tariq Roshan
  • Patent number: 9435712
    Abstract: A system includes an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) that injects a first OTDR signal at a first optical wavelength, a first power level and a first polarization state into an optical fiber. The system further includes an OTDR monitor that monitors multi-band optical signals on the optical fiber, selects a second power level and a second polarization state based on the monitoring of the multi-band optical signals, and determines parameters associated with the optical fiber based on the monitoring. The OTDR injects a second OTDR signal at the first optical wavelength, the selected second power level and the selected second polarization state into the optical fiber. The system operates to allow un-balanced power levels across multiple wavelength bands to be balanced due to inter-channel Raman power shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Z. Chen, Wenjia Wang
  • Patent number: 9430883
    Abstract: A device may store and transmit data collected from sensors within a vehicle. The device may include at least one communication interface; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor, coupled to the at least one communication interface and the memory. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory. The instructions may cause the processor to receive an initiation signal from an on-board interface associated with a vehicle, establish communications with the on-board interface and at least one vehicle sensor in response to the initiation signal, receive a first data stream from the at least one vehicle sensor, generate a second data stream from the least one internal sensor, combine the first data stream and the second data stream into a combined stream, store the combined stream in the memory, and wirelessly transmit the combined stream to a remote storage and retrieval system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Martin A Busse, Siddharth Chitnis
  • Patent number: 9432219
    Abstract: A device may perform audio signal collision detection configured to receive first audio information from a first device and receive second audio information from a second device over a communications network. The device may be further configured to identify a collision of the first audio information and the second audio information, and to address the collision by adjusting at least one of an audio attenuation level and a communications latency of the second audio information responsive to identification of the collision, and store the operational parameters to an adjustment profile system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Hubner, Joseph A. Hilburn, Scott J. Hoover
  • Patent number: 9432382
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a first user device, a request to transmit a message to a user of a second user device. The request may include particular information indicating that content of the message is to be displayed to the user for a particular amount of time. The device may encrypt, based on receiving the request and using a key, the content of the message to obtain an encrypted message. The device may transmit the encrypted message to the second user device and receive, from the second user device, a request for the key. The device may transmit, to the second user device, the key and information identifying the particular amount of time to cause the second user device to decrypt the encrypted message, using the key, to obtain a decrypted message and cause the second user device to delete the decrypted message after the particular amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijian Lin, Amir Mayblum, Jerry M. Kupsh
  • Publication number: 20160247404
    Abstract: A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path from a first location to a second location and performance of mission operations, and calculates the flight path from the first location to the second location based on the request. The device determines required capabilities for the mission based on the request, and identifies UAVs based on the required capabilities for the mission. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path and mission instructions for the mission operations, and provides the flight path/mission instructions to the identified UAVs to permit the identified UAVs to travel from the first location to the second location, via the flight path, and to perform the mission operations at the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok N. SRIVASTAVA, Douglas M. PASKO, Hani BATLA, Igor KANTOR, Gurpreet UBHI
  • Patent number: 9424394
    Abstract: An approach for providing personalized information regarding one or more physiological conditions associated with a user is described. A personal health platform calculates a minimum value, a maximum value, or a combination thereof for a physiological condition of a user. The personal health platform senses a measured value for the physiological condition from the user. The personal health platform further presents a user interface depicting the measured value relative to the minimum value, the maximum value, a historical measured value for the user, or a combination thereof, wherein the user interface depicts the measured value, the minimum value, the maximum value, or a combination thereof on one or more ring-based graphical elements, and wherein the one or more ring-based graphical elements correspond to a measurement range for the physiological condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Adam J. Simon
  • Patent number: 9424363
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a content delivery network (CDN) solution that affords the CDN control over those elements of customer content that are delivered by third parties. The CDN integrates a distributed set of monitoring agents. Each monitoring agent monitors the delivery performance of third parties to the region in which the agent operates. The CDN uses the performance monitoring information to dynamically manage the content tags to the third-party delivered elements of CDN-customer content. Specifically, a CDN server retrieves the parent page for requested CDN-customer content. The CDN server identifies the region from where the request originates and retrieves the logs from the monitoring agents monitoring from that region. The CDN server then modifies the base page by dynamically removing the tags to the third-party delivered elements that are reported in the monitoring agent logs as being unavailable, inaccessible, or underperforming in the identified region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Digital Media Services Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander A. Kazerani, Robert J. Peters
  • Patent number: 9426688
    Abstract: A device is configured to obtain network information indicating an amount of client devices, of each device type, registered in an operator network. The device is configured to obtain client device information identifying a client device and determine a device type of the client device based on the client device information. The device is configured to determine a frequency for the client device to use to communicate with the operator network based on the device type of the client device and the amount of client devices of each of the device types registered in the operator network. The device is configured to provide an instruction to the client device to use the frequency to communicate with the operator network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Arda Aksu, Deepak Kakadia, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Mingxing S. Li, David Chiang
  • Patent number: 9426056
    Abstract: An approach is provided for determining alternative paths. Information is stored specifying a set of available paths among network elements within a connection-oriented network. The available paths are sorted according to a predetermined criterion. The sorted paths are selectively filtered based on either a particular one of the network elements, a region associated with one or more of the network elements, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: James N. Russell, Kenny M. Hawkins, Chad M. Renfro, Bob E. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9426621
    Abstract: A device may determine to initiate a location determination for a base station. The device may identify a set of positioning measurements associated with the location determination. The device may identify a set of other devices to be associated with the set of positioning measurements. The device may provide configuration information for the set of positioning measurements to the set of other devices. The device may determine information associated with the set of positioning measurements based on providing the configuration information. The device may determine a location in which the base station is located based on determining the information associated with the set of positioning measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Venkatraman, Lee K. Tjio, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 9426125
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide reconfigurable web application firewall (WAF) functionality across a distributed platform. Specifically, the WAF function at each distributed platform server is customizable on a per customer and per inbound message basis. When a server receives an inbound message, the server identities the content or services of which specific customer are implicated by the inbound message. The server screens the inbound message for attacks using a first set of rules and policies defined as part of a production profile from a WAF instance defined by the specific customer while contemporaneously testing the inbound message against a second set of rules and polices defined as part of an audit profile from the same WAF instance. In this manner, the specific customer tests the audit profile rules and policies while still receiving the protections of the production profile rules and policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Digital Media Services Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Phonsa, Hayes Kim, David Andrews
  • Patent number: 9426643
    Abstract: A network device receives a personal Mobile Directory Number (MDN) associated with an individual subscriber, wherein the individual subscriber is further associated with one or more subscriber devices. The network device receives an additional MDN assigned to the individual subscriber, and sends a notification, requesting the individual subscriber's acceptance of the additional MDN assigned to the individual subscriber, to at least one of the one or more subscriber devices. The network device receives, from one of the one or more subscriber devices, an acceptance of the additional MDN from the individual subscriber. The network device links the additional MDN, the personal MDN, and the one or more subscriber devices, within an Implicit Registration Set (IRS) at a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network for routing calls to the individual subscriber's additional MDN or personal MDN at the one or more subscriber devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael A. Gaviria, Elliot G. Eichen, Rezwanul Azim, James J. Ni, Gowtham Javaregowda
  • Patent number: 9426050
    Abstract: A system is configured to receive, from a content provider, traffic associated with a data service and that is destined for a group of user devices; retrieve service information, associated with the data service, that includes a value, associated with the data service, that represents a level of service quality associated with the data service; determine whether the traffic is authorized to be transmitted to the user devices based on the value; discard the traffic based on a determination that the value is less than a threshold; process the traffic to identify whether a condition is associated with the traffic based on a determination that the value is not less than the threshold; transmit the traffic to one or more of the user devices based on a determination that the traffic is not associated with a condition; and discard the traffic based on a determination that the traffic is associated with a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Devin C. Moore, Wade Peebles Thompson