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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Samy Touati, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Paolo Fiorini, Mountain, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/43 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/43 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods are provided to authorize a secondary user device for a network service provided over a network. Responsive to receiving a request from a primary user device, a voucher may be transmitted over the network to the primary user device. A request for an authorization waiver may be received from the secondary user device over the network, wherein the request for the authorization waiver includes the voucher that was transmitted to the primary user device. Responsive to receiving the request from the secondary user device including the voucher, an authorization waiver may be transmitted to the secondary user device. Related methods of operating primary and secondary user devices are also discussed.


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