Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Celico Partnership

Kevin Lim

Priscilla Lau

Ye Huang

Rahim A Charania

Alex Hoyos

Sudhakar Reddy Patil

Kalyani Bogineni

Miguel Angel Carames

Timothy M Dwight

Praveen Gupta

Jerry M Kupsh

Brian Olson

Ramesh Marimuthu

Joseph Lee

Craig A Barth

Tony Ferreira

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an blocking delivery service is provided. The service may use an identifier of a source end device, destination address information associated with a destination end device, and configurable criteria as a basis to block delivery of application service layer data. The service may be configured to apply to end devices based on an addressing scheme of the service. The service may be configured on a network device that provides an application service. The service may block delivery without the use of class of service or subscriber provisioning.

Blocking delivery service

A device may receive, from an application function device (AF), a message intended for a destination user device, wherein the message conforms to a first format. The device may obtain, from a unified data management device (UDM), information indicating that the destination user device is capable of receiving messages that conform to a second format. The device may convert, based on the information indicating that the destination user device is capable of receiving messages that conform to the second format, the message from the first format to the second format. The device may send, after converting the message from the first format to the second format, the message to a short message service function device (SMSF) via a direct connection between the device and the SMSF, wherein the SMSF sends the message to the destination user device.

Method and device for communicating messages within a 5G network

A network device may receive, from a sending device, a message in a first messaging format en route to user equipment. The first messaging format may correspond to one of a 3GPP cellular network standard or a 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The network device may determine whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or with a second messaging format. The second messaging format may correspond to one of the 3GPP cellular network standard or the 3GPP2 cellular network standard. The first messaging format and the second messaging format may be associated with different cellular network standards. The device may selectively provide the message in the first messaging format or the second messaging format based on whether the user equipment is associated with the first messaging format or the second messaging format. The device may transmit an acknowledgment message based on the first messaging format.

Messaging format conversion for a cellular network

A device may determine that delivery of a message, to a destination identified by a telephone number shared by multiple user devices, has failed. The device may receive a unique identifier from a message delivery device associated with delivering the message. The unique identifier may correspond to a user device of the multiple user devices, and may be different from the telephone number. The device may determine whether the unique identifier indicates that the user device is able to receive the message, and may selectively provide the message to the message delivery device. The message may be provided to the message delivery device for delivery to the user device when the unique identifier indicates that the user device is able to receive the message. The message may not be provided to the message delivery device when the unique identifier indicates that the user device is unable to receive the message.

Selective delivery of messages to user devices that share a telephone number

A device may receive an outgoing message from a primary user device associated with an originating telephone number. The originating telephone number may be associated with the primary user device and one or more associated user devices. The device may identify the one or more associated user devices that are associated with the originating telephone number. The device may generate, based on the outgoing message, one or more outgoing synchronization messages corresponding to the one or more associated user devices. The one or more outgoing synchronization messages may be used to synchronize one or more outgoing messages, corresponding to the one or more associated user devices, with the outgoing message. The device may provide the one or more outgoing synchronization messages to the one or more associated user devices to synchronize the one or more outgoing messages with the outgoing message.

Synchronizing outgoing messages and incoming messages for user devices that share a telephone number

A container includes a chamber to hold a medication, a lockable lid that covers an opening of the chamber, a biometric sensor, a scale, and one or more processors. The container may store prescription information indicating how often the medication should be provided. The container may measure a weight of the medication held by the chamber using the scale. The container may receive biometric information sensed by the biometric sensor. The biometric information may indicate a biometric feature of a person attempting to open the container. The container may selectively unlock the lockable lid based on at least one of the prescription information, the weight of the medication, or the biometric information.

Prescription container and service for monitoring patients

A container may include a secure chamber to hold a medication, a lockable lid that covers an opening of the secure chamber, a dispensing device, and one or more processors. The container may receive prescription information indicating a frequency to dispense the medication and indicating a dose of the medication to dispense at a dispense time. The container may determine the dispense time based on the frequency to dispense the medication. The dispense time may be a time to dispense a dose of the medication. The container may cause the dispensing device to dispense the dose of the medication from the secure chamber at the dispense time.

Container for accurately dispensing medication

A computer-implemented method may include receiving, via a mobile access network, surveillance data from one or more mobile surveillance devices, wherein the one or more mobile surveillance devices are associated with a monitored location, system, or group. An event condition associated with the monitored location, system, or group is identified based on the received surveillance data, wherein the event condition corresponds to at least one of the one or more mobile surveillance devices. An alert notification is generated and transmitted to one or more user devices based on the event identified condition. A request to view at least a portion of the surveillance data is received from a user device in response to the alert notification. At least the portion of the surveillance data is transmitted to the user device in response to the request.

Mobile surveillance system

A system and method for anonymous exchange of multimedia content over a wireless network. Aliases are associated with users. A user sends a message which includes some non text content to another user by inserting the recipient's alias in the body of the message. The user then indicates a short code of an exchange server as the desired destination of the message. The message is routed to the exchange server through wireless network infrastructure. The exchange server parses the body to obtain the recipient alias. The exchange server then performs a database query to obtain a recipient phone number based on the recipient alias. The exchange server then sends the message to the recipient phone number. Also disclosed is the anonymous sending of messages by using long codes and buddy list indexes. Messages may also be sent or received by an Internet connected user.

System and method for anonymous exchange of multimedia content utilizing a wireless network

A system and method for providing a user-accessible Internet-based mobile messaging log that records messages communicated between an Internet-based sending device and an SMS-capable mobile device. An SMS messaging log is created for each Internet-based user that sends messages to SMS-capable mobile devices. The mobile user is then able to access their SMS messaging log via the Internet and view the SMS messages sent to the SMS-capable device. The message log also records and displays replies sent by the SMS-based user in response to the sent message. The system and method utilize a unique tracking identification number to match original messages to replies in the mobile messaging log.

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Danville, CA, United States of America

Kevin Lim