Verizon Business Global LLC

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Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

David J O'Neill

Todd Clark

Ethan Fox

Robert E Alden

An approach is provided for storing secondary maritime vessels to primary maritime vessels. A first signal is caused, at least in part, to be received to actuate a drive mechanism configured to cause, at least in part, a secondary vessel to be moored in a first state to a primary vessel. The drive mechanism is caused, at least in part, to be actuated in a first direction based on the first signal, wherein causing, at least in part, the drive mechanism to be actuated in the first direction is configured to cause, at least in part, a drawing mechanism to draw the secondary vessel towards the primary vessel and configured to cause, at least in part, a lifting mechanism to raise the secondary vessel from a substantially horizontal plane to the first state.

System, method, and apparatus for storing and deploying auxiliary vessels

A set of one or more positional control parameters includes at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit. A control list identifies at least one feature in a mobile device. The at least one feature may be associated with at least one of the positional control parameters.

Position and velocity-based mobile device management

A messaging device may include a memory configured to store a first message from a first caller and intended for a called party and to store information identifying a group that includes a number of broadcast parties that include the first caller. The messaging device may include a processor configured to receive a reply message from the called party and to broadcast the reply message to at least a subset of the group.

Broadcasting voicemail replies

A data store includes at least one adjustment factor. A server that is configured to: receive a request for a travel route, the request including an origin, a destination, and an estimated time of departure; determine the travel route; calculate a normal travel time; use at least one adjustment factor to the normal travel time to calculate an adjusted travel time; and calculate an estimated time of arrival based on the estimated time of departure and the adjusted travel time.

Travel route adjustment

A method includes electronically identifying a first item that a customer intends to purchase while the customer is shopping and electronically providing content to the customer in response to the identifying to entice the customer to purchase a second, different item.

Providing directed content to anonymous customers

A method and system for authenticating requests for accessing network resources are described. Network address information may be associated with a network resource user. An authenticator may maintain the associated network address information. The authenticator may receive, from a requesting party, a request to authenticate the network resource user, where the request may include a network address identifier. The network resource user may be authenticated based on the network address information and the network address identifier. The authentication determination may be forwarded to the requesting party for purposes of controlling access to a network resource of a network resource provider in response to an access request made by the network resource user.

Preventing fraudulent internet account access

A safety block is disclosed which may be attached to the rearward end of the cargo bed of a pipe truck which has a powered pipe lift. The safety block includes a bar which automatically raises when pipe is being unloaded using the powered pipe lift and forms a barrier which prevents injuries and promotes worker safety by creating a barrier to prevent other pieces of pipe from rolling off of the rear of the cargo platform.

Safety block

A flat bed side assembly including a barrier portion, a socket portion, a support portion and a holder portion; the barrier portion including a plurality of generally rectangular panels disposed generally vertically in an end to end relationship around the periphery of a flat bed; the socket portion including a plurality of pocket sections arranged around the periphery of the flat bed adjacent the lower edges of the panels, each of the pocket sections extending downwardly from a plane through the flat bed; the support portion including a plurality of elongated bar members having cross-sectional configurations substantially the same as those of the pocket sections, each bar member having its lower end disposed within one pocket section, the bar members extending upwardly from the pocket sections generally vertically; the holder portion including a plurality of bracket members with at least one bracket member engaging each of the bar members, each bracket member including a plate section, a strip section having its ends affixed to the plate section and being bent into a configuration to provide an opening having substantially the same cross-sectional configuration as that of the bar members for separable engagement therewith, a hook member extending from one end of the plate section, the hook member including a connector section extending substantially perpendicularly from a transverse edge of the plate section a distance substantially equal to the thickness of a barrier panel, a projecting section extending from an edge of the connector section remote from the plate section in the same direction as the plate section and substantially parallel thereto.

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Falls Church, VA, United States of America

David J O'Neill