Patents by Inventor Chris HALTON

Chris HALTON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEACTIVATING STOLEN USER EQUIPMENT AND A SESSION FOR THE STOLEN USER EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20250081085
    Abstract: A network device may receive, from an equipment identity register, a status of a user equipment and a notification indicating that the user equipment is lost or stolen, and may provide, to a unified data management component, a subscription request that includes the status of the user equipment. The network device may receive, from the unified data management component, a subscription for the user equipment based on the subscription request and based on the status of the user equipment, and may provide, to the user equipment, a command to cause the user equipment to update a configuration of the user equipment based on the subscription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Shanthala KURAVANGI-THAMMAIAH, Kalyani BOGINENI, Dante J. PACELLA, Chris HALTON, Ashish SARDESAI
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING ACCOUNT INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A STOLEN MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20250080986
    Abstract: A device of network may provide, to a secondary device, an identifier of a user equipment and a code for messaging, and may receive, from the secondary device and based on the code, target data identifying a target application to notify when the user equipment is stolen. The device may receive an indication of theft of the user equipment, and may block access of the identifier of the user equipment to the target application based on the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyani BOGINENI, Ratul K. GUHA, Shanthala KURAVANGI-THAMMAIAH, Dante J. PACELLA, Ye HUANG, Burhan SYED, Kevin LIM, Vassilis PAFILIS, Ashish SARDESAI, Chris HALTON, Manuel Enrique CACERES