Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Gregory Dial

Lily H Zhu

Jignesh Shantilal Panchal

Manuel Enrique Caceres

Yee Sin Chan

Yuk Lun Li

Christopher M Schmidt

Balaji L Raghavachari

William Howard Stone, Jr

Ahmed Moussa

Gerard J Flynn

Michael Kondratiuk

A user device receives system information block data from a cell. The user device obtains, from the system information block data, cell metadata that includes a cellular parameter. The user device parses the cell metadata to identify the cellular parameter. The cellular parameter includes an upper layer indicator element, a public land mobile network (PLMN) information list element, and a network capability indicator element. The user device determines, based on the cellular parameter, that the cell is of a particular cell type of a plurality of cell types, and that the cell has a particular capability of a plurality of types of capabilities. The user device performs an action based on the particular cell type or the particular capability.

Systems and methods for identifying a cell type and cell communication capabilities from cellular broadcast data

Examples are disclosed that facilitate provisioning of a toll system communication device used in an electronic toll collection system, such as EZ Pass. The toll system communication device (e.g., an EZ Pass tag) can have user credentials provided to it that are associated with a user payment account. As a user travels a toll road, the toll system communication device is interrogated at a toll booth location. In response to the interrogation, the toll system communication device provides information identifying the toll system communication device and associated user credentials. The user credentials may be obtained from or authenticated with a mobile device within close proximity to the vehicle equipped with the toll system communication device. Using the user credentials and the identifying information, a user payment account may be provisioned to pay tolls accrued by the vehicle using the toll road.

Connected toll pass

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