Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Martin William Mckee

Paul T Schultz

Robert A Sartini

Mark Douglas Carney

Jeffrey A Jackson

Dante John Pacella

Mark J Hahn

Timothy M Dwight

Terence Alan Robb

Kurt P Haldeman

William Martin Lacey

Roger Dale Harris

Donald J Banta

Victor Y Valenzuela

Stephen E Chiapella

Ira C Stevens

Alma Von Duhn

Abdul S Raheem

George G Baumbach

Sridhar Kancharlapalli

Hubert Sieh

Robert J Whyley

Information, called context information, relating to a current state of a user may be aggregated. In one implementation, the context information may include information that is automatically generated by communication devices of the user and information, submitted by the user, that relates to the user's state. The context information may be used to provide personalized advertisements for the user.

Aggregation and use of information relating to a user's context for personalized advertisements

Aggregation and use of information relating to a users context for personalized advertisements

A method includes sending, by a user device, a request for video content based on a selected video content chapter of the video content. The method also includes receiving video content information that includes a list of video content chapters of the video content. The method includes determining, for each listed video content chapter, whether the video content chapter has been previously stored on the user device. The method further includes downloading particular chapters of the video content in a priority order based on the selected chapter in response to a determination that the particular chapters have not been previously stored on the user device, and playing the video content based on the selected chapter.

Chapterized streaming of video content

An approach for providing hierarchical pattern recognition of communication network data is described. A network security brain platform may process communication network data associated with one or more levels of communication network hierarchies. The network security brain platform may further determine a network information pattern of the communication network data based on one or more network information pattern models. The network security brain platform may also identify a network service issue based on the determined network information pattern. The network information pattern may include a network security pattern.

Method and apparatus for providing hierarchical pattern recognition of communication network data

A method may include receiving or retrieving session information associated with one or more electronic communications that occurred outside of the social network site and included users of the social network site, comparing the session information with information associated with the users of the social network site, selecting one of the users as a user of the social network site and one or more of the users as one or more connections of the selected user of the social network site, based on the comparing, generating a weighted social graph for the selected user of the social network site, based on the session information, generating social network information based on the weighted social graph, and providing the social network information to at least one of the selected user of the social network site or the selected one or more connections of the user of the social network site.

Weighting social network relationships based on communications history

A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving a Short Message Service (SMS) message. The method may further include analyzing one or more sender parameters associated with the received SMS message to validate the one or more sender parameters; determining whether the one or more sender parameters have been validated based on the analysis; rejecting the SMS message in response to determining that the one or more sender parameters have not been validated; analyzing message content included in the SMS message to validate the message content; determining whether the message content has been validated based on the analysis; rejecting the SMS message in response to determining that the message content has not been validated; and forwarding the SMS message to a recipient, in response to validating the one or more sender parameters and in response to validating the message content.

Short message service validation engine

An approach for enabling multiple tag associations to be used for classifying a contact identifier is described. A first tag is associated with a contact identifier for grouping into a first classification; and a second tag is associated with the contact identifier for grouping into a second classification. Storage of the first tag and the second tag is initiated along with the contact identifier as part of a contact list.

Method and system for associating a contact with multiple tag classifications

An approach is provided for extending social networking to television viewing. A community of a plurality of users is created, wherein each user is logged in a device configured to present audio-video content. Presence information of one of the users in the community is determined and transmitted to a corresponding device of another one of the users.

Method and apparatus for providing online social networking for television viewing

An approach for assigning definitions to media network channels is described. A demand for program content of a media network channel associated with a first definition relating to resolution of the program content is determined. A second definition is assigned to the media network channel for the program content in response to the demand, wherein the second definition relates to the resolution of the program content and is higher in resolution than the first definition.

Method and system for assigning definitions to media network channels

A calendar included in a computing device receives an item relating to a conference call. An automated parser is used to parse the item to obtain information relating to the conference call. The conference call information in is stored a conference application and is used to initiate a conference call.

Calendar-based calling

An approach is provided for providing a virtual call center by receiving a request for service from a user (e.g., subscriber) and staffing the virtual call center with virtual agents selected based on the service requirements of the user and the rich presence information of the virtual agents. The rich presence information includes a skill set of the virtual agent, presence status of the virtual agent, location of the virtual agent, calendar information of the virtual agent, communication capability of the virtual agent, mobility of the virtual agent, or a combination thereof.

Virtual call center manager

A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving an indication of a distributed denial of service event at a front end system associated with a customer; generating one or more virtual front end systems for the customer, in response to receiving the indication of the distributed denial of service event; and redirecting traffic intended for the customer's front end system to the generated one or more virtual front end systems. The method may further include determining whether resource capacity of the generated one or more virtual front end systems has been reached; and generating an additional one or more virtual front end systems for the customer, in response to determining that the resource capacity of the generated one or more virtual front end systems has been reached.

Cloud-based distributed denial of service mitigation

An exemplary method includes a virtual interface adjustment system detecting, based on user input data associated with user input received by way of a virtual interface of a user device, an erroneous input pattern that includes at least one unintentional input, determining, based on the erroneous input pattern, an adjustment procedure configured to adjust the virtual interface to avert future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern, determining an adjustment procedure trigger for the adjustment procedure, activating the adjustment procedure trigger, detecting, after the activating, an occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, and executing, in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, the adjustment procedure to avert the future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

Virtual interface adjustment methods and systems

A method may include receiving, from a first party, restrictions associated with each of a number of applications stored on a mobile device and storing the restrictions, wherein the restrictions include time based restrictions and/or use based restrictions. The method also includes receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a request for access to a first application and providing access to the first application in response to the request. The method further includes receiving, from the user, a second request for performing a first action by the first application and determining whether first action is permitted based on the stored restrictions.

Granular control system

A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving content from a first local government entity; associating a virtual channel identifier with the received content; and transmitting the received content and the virtual channel identifier on a shared local government channel, wherein the shared local government channel includes content received from a second local government entity.

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Herndon, VA, United States of America

Martin William Mckee