Patents by Inventor Lalit Ratilal Kotecha

Lalit Ratilal Kotecha 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).

  • Patent number: 10701552
    Abstract: A computer device may include logic configured to receive a request from a user equipment device or a network device; identify a responding wireless access network device to process the request; and determine whether information identifying supported features for the responding wireless access network device has been obtained. The logic may be further configured to request a list of supported features from the responding wireless access network device, when the information identifying the supported features for the responding wireless access network device has not been obtained by the computer device; receive, from the responding wireless access network device, a response that includes the list of the supported features and that further includes supported features scope information; store the supported features scope information; and use the supported features scope information when forwarding requests to the responding wireless access network device or the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Robert Avanes
  • Publication number: 20180310167
    Abstract: A computer device may include logic configured to receive a request from a user equipment device or a network device; identify a responding wireless access network device to process the request; and determine whether information identifying supported features for the responding wireless access network device has been obtained. The logic may be further configured to request a list of supported features from the responding wireless access network device, when the information identifying the supported features for the responding wireless access network device has not been obtained by the computer device; receive, from the responding wireless access network device, a response that includes the list of the supported features and that further includes supported features scope information; store the supported features scope information; and use the supported features scope information when forwarding requests to the responding wireless access network device or the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Robert Avanes
  • Patent number: 10051461
    Abstract: A computer device may include logic configured to receive a request from a user equipment device or a network device; identify a responding wireless access network device to process the request; and determine whether information identifying supported features for the responding wireless access network device has been obtained. The logic may be further configured to request a list of supported features from the responding wireless access network device, when the information identifying the supported features for the responding wireless access network device has not been obtained by the computer device; receive, from the responding wireless access network device, a response that includes the list of the supported features and that further includes supported features scope information; store the supported features scope information; and use the supported features scope information when forwarding requests to the responding wireless access network device or the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Robert Avanes
  • Publication number: 20170257755
    Abstract: A computer device may include logic configured to receive a request from a user equipment device or a network device; identify a responding wireless access network device to process the request; and determine whether information identifying supported features for the responding wireless access network device has been obtained. The logic may be further configured to request a list of supported features from the responding wireless access network device, when the information identifying the supported features for the responding wireless access network device has not been obtained by the computer device; receive, from the responding wireless access network device, a response that includes the list of the supported features and that further includes supported features scope information; store the supported features scope information; and use the supported features scope information when forwarding requests to the responding wireless access network device or the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Hossein M. Ahmadi, Robert Avanes
  • Patent number: 9392306
    Abstract: A device receives, from a content provider, traffic parameters associated with a video content request received from a fixed user device connected to a wireless access network, and determines, based on the traffic parameters, a trigger for creating a dedicated bearer for the fixed user device in the wireless access network. The device also provides the trigger to the wireless access network, where the wireless access network creates the dedicated bearer for the fixed user device based on the trigger, and the wireless access network assigns quality of service (QoS) parameters, based on the traffic parameters, to video content delivered to the fixed user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Kamel, Kamlesh Kamdar
  • Patent number: 8953465
    Abstract: A network device may include a first set of components and a second set of components. The first set of components may manage, using a first set of parameters, at least one of uplink radio resources or downlink radio resources for a group of mobile user equipment. The second set of components may manage, using a second set of parameters, at least one of uplink radio resources or downlink radio resources for a group of fixed user equipment. The second set of parameters may be different than the first set of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha
  • Patent number: 8955113
    Abstract: A device detects an impermissible behavior by a user device. The device further identifies a rule associated with the impermissible behavior and executes a response to the impermissible behavior based on the rule. The response restricts access of the user device to a service provided by or via a network device. The device also transmits, to the user device, a message that specifies the response. The device also verifies a termination of a cause of the impermissible behavior and restores the access of the user device to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Rados, Thomas W. Haynes, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha
  • Patent number: 8886780
    Abstract: A device monitors temperature readings from a sensor associated with an outdoor broadband unit. When the temperature readings increase above a stored threshold value, the device sends, to a device at a core network, an alert signal that invokes, at the core network, an emergency profile associated with the outdoor broadband unit. When the temperature readings decrease below the stored threshold value, the device sends, to the device at the core network, a normal signal that invokes, at the core network, a default profile associated with the outdoor broadband unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Raafat Edward Kamel, Sergio Aguirre, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha
  • Patent number: 8693953
    Abstract: A device receives first information about a wireless communication service within a venue. The device further receives, from one or more small cells within the venue, second information about traffic load of the one or more small cells. The device generates third information based on the first information and the second information. The third information assigns network resources to one or more services provided to mobile devices, within the venue, via the small cells. The device transmits the third information to configure the one or more small cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Derek H. Bao, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, David Chiang
  • Patent number: 8639835
    Abstract: A system may include user equipment. The user equipment may determine a group of first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) window size values based on different information relating to a wireless network, and determine a second TCP window size value based on the group of first TCP window size values. The user equipment may further transmit data using a transmission window size corresponding to the second TCP window size value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Raafat Edward Kamel, Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 8612735
    Abstract: A system may include a device that is in a first location that is not readily accessible. The device may detect a powering up of the device a particular quantity of times during a particular time interval. Powering up of the device may be controlled from a second location that is readily accessible. The device may also be reset, in response to detecting the device being powered up the particular quantity of times during the particular time interval, to original factory settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Sergio Aguirre, Kent William Hughes, Aref H. Iskandar, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Lee K. Tjio
  • Patent number: 8537781
    Abstract: A communications system for providing a user's mobile station (MS) with an Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, has an IP network gateway for allocating an IP address to the MS to enable it to access an IP network. First and second base stations are respectively configured to support communications of the MS over first and second radio access networks using different radio access technologies. A first access gateway provides an interface between the IP network gateway and the first radio access network, whereas a second access gateway provides an interface between the IP network gateway and the second radio access network. A handover interface is provided between the first access gateway and the second access gateway for enabling the MS to switch between the first and second radio access networks with minimum latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Jin Yang
  • Patent number: 8521141
    Abstract: A device receives, from one or more base stations, first information about bandwidth resources of the one or more base stations. The device further receives, from one or more content providers, second information about streams of content provided by the one or more content providers to user devices via the one or more base stations. The device generates third information based on the first information and the second information. The third information assigns a portion of the bandwidth resources to each one of the streams. The device transmits the third information to configure the one or more base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Derek H. Bao, David Chiang
  • Patent number: 8520544
    Abstract: Interference, from fixed wireless terminals, communicating with, for example, an LTE network, can be intelligently reduced for nearby public safety networks. A fixed terminal may, for instance, determine a signal strength of radio signals from a public safety wireless network, and perform a threshold comparison of the signal strength to determine whether the fixed terminal is located in an edge area of a cell of the public safety wireless network. The fixed terminal may reduce transmission power, to the network of the fixed terminal (e.g., the LTE network), when the threshold comparison indicates that the device is located in the edge area of the cell of the public safety wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha
  • Publication number: 20130078925
    Abstract: A device receives first information about a wireless communication service within a venue. The device further receives, from one or more small cells within the venue, second information about traffic load of the one or more small cells. The device generates third information based on the first information and the second information. The third information assigns network resources to one or more services provided to mobile devices, within the venue, via the small cells. The device transmits the third information to configure the one or more small cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Sergio AGUIRRE, Derek H. BAO, Lalit Ratilal KOTECHA, David CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20130081138
    Abstract: A device detects an impermissible behavior by a user device. The device further identifies a rule associated with the impermissible behavior and executes a response to the impermissible behavior based on the rule. The response restricts access of the user device to a service provided by or via a network device. The device also transmits, to the user device, a message that specifies the response. The device also verifies a termination of a cause of the impermissible behavior and restores the access of the user device to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Steven R. RADOS, Thomas W. HAYNES, Lalit Ratilal KOTECHA
  • Publication number: 20130072167
    Abstract: A device receives, from one or more base stations, first information about bandwidth resources of the one or more base stations. The device further receives, from one or more content providers, second information about streams of content provided by the one or more content providers to user devices via the one or more base stations. The device generates third information based on the first information and the second information. The third information assigns a portion of the bandwidth resources to each one of the streams. The device transmits the third information to configure the one or more base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Sergio AGUIRRE, Lalit Ratilal KOTECHA, Derek H. BAO, David CHIANG
  • Patent number: 8380184
    Abstract: A mobile device assists installation of an outdoor broadband unit on a customer premises. The device identifies one or more cell towers, associated with a broadband carrier, within a horizon of the customer premises. The device recognizes a connection with the outdoor broadband unit and receives, from the outdoor broadband unit and at multiple locations around the customer premises, RF signal readings of each of the one or more cell towers. The device provides, to a user, an indication of one or more optimal installation locations, based on the RF signal readings, for the outdoor broadband unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Sergio Aguirre, Aref H. Iskandar, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Lee K. Tjio
  • Patent number: 8381250
    Abstract: One or more network devices receive, at a location outside a customer premises, a broadband signal from a base station of a wireless network and a satellite television signal from a satellite antenna. The one or more network devices combine, at the location outside the customer premises, the broadband signal with the satellite television signal in a single coaxial cable and send, via the single coaxial cable, the broadband signal and the satellite television signal to one or more devices inside the customer premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lee K. Tjio, Lalit Ratilal Kotecha, Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Aref H. Iskandar, Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel
  • Patent number: 8355714
    Abstract: Route optimization is based on a network enforced, and mobile implemented, policy. A communication session between a mobile device and an access router is established. First and second IP addresses to be assigned to the mobile device are received by the mobile device via the established communication session, as is a set of rules. The mobile device evaluates at least one parameter of the communication session against the set of rules to determine which of the IP addresses to use to communicate with an external device, and proceeds to communicate with the external device using the selected IP address based upon the evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventor: Lalit Ratilal Kotecha