Patents by Inventor Valerie Feldmann

Valerie Feldmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155475
    Abstract: A system described herein may identify a particular service provided by a first Edge Computing (“EC”) device to a particular User Equipment (“UE”), and may monitor performance information associated with the first EC device and/or a second EC device. The system may determine, based on the monitoring, that the second EC device should provide the service to the particular UE in lieu of the first EC device; and may accordingly cause the service to be provided to the particular UE by the second EC device in lieu of the first EC device. The system may notify the first EC device that the second EC device has been selected to provide the service to the particular UE in lieu of the first EC device, and/or may notify the second EC device that the second EC device has been selected to provide the service to the particular UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Xu, Charles P. Szrom, Valerie Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20240098474
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for receiving a communication session request associated with a particular User Equipment (“UE”). The system may identify locator information associated with an edge discovery system associated with a network that includes a plurality of edge devices, wherein the edge discovery system receives service requests associated with one or more UEs and provides an indication of a respective edge device of the plurality of edge device in response to respective service requests. The system may output, in response to the communication session request, the locator information associated with the edge discovery system, wherein the particular UE communicates with the edge discovery system using the locator information to output a particular service request and receive, from the edge discovery system, an indication of a particular edge device of the plurality of edge devices in response to the particular service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Xu, Charles P. Szrom, Valerie Feldmann
  • Patent number: 11778476
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment (“UE”) based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”), Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”), or other suitable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie Feldmann, Kevin Xu, Robert Belson
  • Patent number: 11395211
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide techniques for a geographically-based traffic handling policy. An originating device may mark traffic with geographic restriction information, such as in a header of network traffic, indicating a geographic restriction on the propagation of the traffic. The geographic restriction may indicate a geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded, or a geographic region in which the traffic is prohibited from being forwarded. Network devices in a path between the originating device and a destination device may determine whether to drop the traffic or perform other policy-related actions based on whether such devices are inside the geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded. In some implementations a destination device may register as an exception to such policies, based on which an originating device or a router may bypass geographically-based traffic handling policies with respect to marked traffic directed to the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Szrom, Kevin Xu, Rashmitha Sirsi, Valerie Feldmann, Robert Belson
  • Publication number: 20220210655
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment (“UE”) based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”), Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”), or other suitable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie Feldmann, Kevin Xu, Robert Belson
  • Patent number: 11317292
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment (“UE”) based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”), Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”), or other suitable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie Feldmann, Kevin Xu, Robert Belson
  • Publication number: 20210329534
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide techniques for a geographically-based traffic handling policy. An originating device may mark traffic with geographic restriction information, such as in a header of network traffic, indicating a geographic restriction on the propagation of the traffic. The geographic restriction may indicate a geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded, or a geographic region in which the traffic is prohibited from being forwarded. Network devices in a path between the originating device and a destination device may determine whether to drop the traffic or perform other policy-related actions based on whether such devices are inside the geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded. In some implementations a destination device may register as an exception to such policies, based on which an originating device or a router may bypass geographically-based traffic handling policies with respect to marked traffic directed to the destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Charles P. Szrom, Kevin Xu, Rashmitha Sirsi, Valerie Feldmann, Robert Belson