Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Thomas Maguire

Vincent A O'Byrne

Sanjay Udani

Stanley J Wynman

Srinivasa M Kalapala

Velamur Srinivasan Sudharsan

Edward A Cleaver

Porusp N Marshall

Thomas K MacNabb

Himanshu Polavarapu

A system is provided for powering an optical network terminal, including a power adapter connected to the optical network terminal and configured to power the optical network terminal; and a battery tray, connected to the power adapter, configured to supply auxiliary power to the optical network terminal through the power adapter from one or more batteries contained within the battery tray, wherein the battery tray is configured to allow removal and replacement, at the customer premise, of the one or more batteries.

Auxiliary power system for optical network terminal

An approach for enabling a user to anonymously access customized service information from a plurality of providers is described. A secure estimation platform retrieves personal information associated with a user based on a first request from the user. The platform then anonymizes the personal information and generates a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information. The second request is then transmitted to one or more providers of the service.

Method and apparatus for anonymously acquiring service information

An approach for subscriber migration to alternative access networks is described. A subscriber migration platform determines a fault in a wireline voice network associated with a subscriber premise, determines that the subscriber premise is associated with a chronic account based on the fault, and migrates the subscriber premise from the wireline voice network to a wireless voice network.

Method and system for subscribing migration to alternative access networks

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