Patents by Inventor Maria G. Lam

Maria G. Lam 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: 11723079
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a hybrid network device to serve as a zero- or low-latency relay for communications between a wireless network, such as a licensed wireless network, and one or more other devices. The hybrid network device may establish a connection with a base station of a wireless network via a licensed radio access technology (“RAT”). The hybrid network device may communicate with one or more devices via an unlicensed RAT. The hybrid network device of some embodiments may aggregate communications from devices and may serve as a single connection endpoint with respect to the base station, such that the base station need not maintain a relatively large number of connections to accommodate a relatively large quantity devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Maria G. Lam, Arda Aksu, Suzann Hua
  • Patent number: 11653295
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mapping table is transmitted to a user device. The mapping table includes, for each entry, an index, a frequency band, and wireless services available on the frequency band. Index information corresponding to a frequency band and wireless service available in a location associated with the user device is communicated to the user device. An icon associated with the wireless service is displayed on a display of the user device. A network device determines that the user device is using the wireless service to communicate via a wireless network and transmits, to a core network, an indication that the user device is using the wireless service on the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Maria G. Lam
  • Patent number: 11595286
    Abstract: A system described herein may receive traffic throughput metrics and energy consumption metrics associated with one or more elements of a wireless network, and compute granular (e.g., per-network slice, per-network element, per-protocol, per-layer, etc.) measures of energy efficiency associated with the one or more one or more elements. The system may determine network parameter modifications based on the granular measures of energy efficiency, and/or provide such measures of energy efficiency to the one or more network elements, which may grant access to UEs 109 based on the granular measures of energy efficiency. The one or more network elements may make network parameter modifications based on the granular measures of energy efficiency, such as activating “sleep” or “suspend” modes, and/or otherwise performing energy saving techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Jin Yang, Maria G. Lam, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arda Aksu, Suzann Hua
  • Patent number: 11589401
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a Radio Access Network (RAN) slice in a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) base station designated for a particular type of service; determine requirements associated with the generated RAN slice; and reserve resources of the 5G NR base station for the generated RAN slice, wherein reserving the resources includes specifying one or more antenna beams generated by the 5G NR base station. The processor may be further configured to obtain criteria for categorizing user equipment (UE) device sessions as belonging to the generated RAN slice; identify UE device sessions as belonging to the RAN slice based on the obtained criteria; and apply the determined requirements to the identified UE device session using the reserved resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Arda Aksu, Sagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha, Maria G. Lam
  • Patent number: 11558363
    Abstract: A device may receive data relating to a site plan and image data relating to a network device. The device may determine a device identifier based on the image data, associate the device identifier with the site plan based on a common attribute between the network device and the site plan, and cause a certificate to be generated based on an authentication request to a network controller. The authentication request may cause the network controller to generate the certificate based on the device identifier and/or the site plan. The device may cause an Internet protocol (IP) address to be assigned to the network device based on the certificate, a location of the network device, and/or another related parameter, cause a node configuration to be generated based on the IP address, the device identifier, and/or the site plan, and provision the network device according to the node configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Neeharika S. Peter, Andrew Lee Ray, James D. Shannon, Scott Kurzweg, David Taft, Thomas W. Haynes, Maria G. Lam, Theresa Marie Rivera, Shane Ronan, Abhitabh Kushwaha, Sankaran Ramanathan
  • Publication number: 20220369383
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a hybrid network device to serve as a zero- or low-latency relay for communications between a wireless network, such as a licensed wireless network, and one or more other devices. The hybrid network device may establish a connection with a base station of a wireless network via a licensed radio access technology (“RAT”). The hybrid network device may communicate with one or more devices via an unlicensed RAT. The hybrid network device of some embodiments may aggregate communications from devices and may serve as a single connection endpoint with respect to the base station, such that the base station need not maintain a relatively large number of connections to accommodate a relatively large quantity devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Maria G. Lam, Arda Aksu, Suzann Hua
  • Publication number: 20220353163
    Abstract: A system described herein may receive traffic throughput metrics and energy consumption metrics associated with one or more elements of a wireless network, and compute granular (e.g., per-network slice, per-network element, per-protocol, per-layer, etc.) measures of energy efficiency associated with the one or more one or more elements. The system may determine network parameter modifications based on the granular measures of energy efficiency, and/or provide such measures of energy efficiency to the one or more network elements, which may grant access to UEs 109 based on the granular measures of energy efficiency. The one or more network elements may make network parameter modifications based on the granular measures of energy efficiency, such as activating “sleep” or “suspend” modes, and/or otherwise performing energy saving techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Jin Yang, Maria G. Lam, Donna L. Polehn, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arda Aksu, Suzann Hua
  • Patent number: 11457386
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobile edge computing handover service is provided. The mobile edge computing handover service provides for the prospective provisioning of a target mobile edge computing network based on mobility information pertaining to an end device. The mobile edge computing handover service includes managing the provisioning of the application or service, content, and context information in relation to a source mobile edge computing network and the target mobile edge computing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arda Aksu, Arvind Aggarwal, Maria G. Lam, Priscilla Lau
  • Publication number: 20220303349
    Abstract: A multi-access edge computing device may receive historical content data associated with a content application of a user equipment and may process the historical content data, with a machine learning model, to identify content to cache for the user equipment. The multi-access edge computing device may provide, to a content provider device, a request for the content to cache and may receive, from the content provider device, the content to cache based on the request for the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may process the content to cache, with a document object model and a browser object model, to generate intermediary content that corresponds to the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may store the intermediary content in a data structure associated with the multi-access edge computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. POLEHN, Maria G. LAM, Jin YANG, Lalit R. KOTECHA, Vishwanath RAMAMURTHI, Patricia R. CHANG, Suzann HUA, Arda AKSU
  • Patent number: 11438442
    Abstract: A multi-access edge computing device may receive historical content data associated with a content application of a user equipment and may process the historical content data, with a machine learning model, to identify content to cache for the user equipment. The multi-access edge computing device may provide, to a content provider device, a request for the content to cache and may receive, from the content provider device, the content to cache based on the request for the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may process the content to cache, with a document object model and a browser object model, to generate intermediary content that corresponds to the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may store the intermediary content in a data structure associated with the multi-access edge computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Polehn, Maria G. Lam, Jin Yang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Patricia R. Chang, Suzann Hua, Arda Aksu
  • Patent number: 11386793
    Abstract: A device may receive a request to establish a session for a wireless communication device over a wireless network; identify the wireless communication device as an unmanned aerial vehicle; modify operating parameters of a radio access network (RAN), with which the wireless communication device has a radio resource control (RRC) link, to optimize communication between the access network and the unmanned aerial vehicle. The wireless network includes the RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Arda Aksu, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Jin Yang, Maria G. Lam, Patricia R. Chang
  • Publication number: 20220028280
    Abstract: A device may receive a request to establish a session for a wireless communication device over a wireless network; identify the wireless communication device as an unmanned aerial vehicle; modify operating parameters of a radio access network (RAN), with which the wireless communication device has a radio resource control (RRC) link, to optimize communication between the access network and the unmanned aerial vehicle. The wireless network includes the RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Donna L. Polehn, Arda Aksu, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Jin Yang, Maria G. Lam, Patricia R. Chang
  • Publication number: 20210352574
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mapping table is transmitted to a user device. The mapping table includes, for each entry, an index, a frequency band, and wireless services available on the frequency band. Index information corresponding to a frequency band and wireless service available in a location associated with the user device is communicated to the user device. An icon associated with the wireless service is displayed on a display of the user device. A network device determines that the user device is using the wireless service to communicate via a wireless network and transmits, to a core network, an indication that the user device is using the wireless service on the frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Maria G. Lam
  • Patent number: 11165873
    Abstract: A method for endpoint device service scaling may include identifying, at a repository device, an endpoint device that is attached to a network; and determining, at the repository device, whether the endpoint device is connected to an external display. The method may include determining, at the repository device, profile data associated with the external display in response to determining that the endpoint device is connected to an external display; and identifying, at the repository device, a connection that provides network access to the endpoint device. The method may further include specifying a service based on at least one of the profile data or the identified connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Maria G. Lam, Priscilla Lau
  • Patent number: 11129074
    Abstract: A system may be configured to identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology; and to identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology. The system may further be configured to instruct the user device to concurrently connect to the second RAN and the first RAN, send or receive a first type of traffic via the first RAN, and send or receive a second type of traffic via the second RAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Cellco Partnership, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Patricia R. Chang, Arda Aksu, Jay J. Lee, Lalit R. Kotecha, Thomas H. Tan, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias, Derek Hongwei Bao
  • Patent number: 10959167
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mapping table is transmitted to a user device. The mapping table includes, for each entry, an index, a frequency band, and wireless services available on the frequency band. Index information corresponding to a frequency band and wireless service available in a location associated with the user device is communicated to the user device. An icon associated with the wireless service is displayed on a display of the user device. A network device determines that the user device is using the wireless service to communicate via a wireless network and transmits, to a core network, an indication that the user device is using the wireless service on the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Maria G. Lam
  • Publication number: 20210084699
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a Radio Access Network (RAN) slice in a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) base station designated for a particular type of service; determine requirements associated with the generated RAN slice; and reserve resources of the 5G NR base station for the generated RAN slice, wherein reserving the resources includes specifying one or more antenna beams generated by the 5G NR base station. The processor may be further configured to obtain criteria for categorizing user equipment (UE) device sessions as belonging to the generated RAN slice; identify UE device sessions as belonging to the RAN slice based on the obtained criteria; and apply the determined requirements to the identified UE device session using the reserved resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Arda Aksu, Sagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha, Maria G. Lam
  • Patent number: 10951497
    Abstract: A device may configure a centralized performance indicator data store for a plurality of network function devices included in a telecommunications system. The centralized performance indicator data store may be accessible by the plurality of network function devices on a management bus of the telecommunications system via a service-based interface. The device may subscribe the centralized performance indicator data store to a message class associated with performance indicator data that is generated by the plurality of network function devices. The device may receive, from the plurality of network function devices, one or more published communications associated with the message class. The one or more published communications may include the performance indicator data. The device may store the performance indicator data in the centralized performance indicator data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Imtiyaz Shaikh, Maria G. Lam, Maqbool Chauhan, Jerry Steben, David Taft, John P. Demko
  • Publication number: 20210058386
    Abstract: A device may receive data relating to a site plan and image data relating to a network device. The device may determine a device identifier based on the image data, associate the device identifier with the site plan based on a common attribute between the network device and the site plan, and cause a certificate to be generated based on an authentication request to a network controller. The authentication request may cause the network controller to generate the certificate based on the device identifier and/or the site plan. The device may cause an Internet protocol (IP) address to be assigned to the network device based on the certificate, a location of the network device, and/or another related parameter, cause a node configuration to be generated based on the IP address, the device identifier, and/or the site plan, and provision the network device according to the node configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Neeharika S. PETER, Andrew Lee RAY, James D. SHANNON, Scott KURZWEG, David TAFT, Thomas W. HAYNES, Maria G. LAM, Theresa Marie RIVERA, Shane RONAN, Abhitabh KUSHWAHA, Sankaran RAMANATHAN
  • Publication number: 20200413300
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobile edge computing handover service is provided. The mobile edge computing handover service provides for the prospective provisioning of a target mobile edge computing network based on mobility information pertaining to an end device. The mobile edge computing handover service includes managing the provisioning of the application or service, content, and context information in relation to a source mobile edge computing network and the target mobile edge computing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arda Aksu, Arvind Aggarwal, Maria G. Lam, Priscilla Lau