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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:
Jul. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Maria E. Palamara, Denville, NJ (US);

Burhan Syed, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Kristen Sydney Young, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device associated with a home network may receive an access point name (APN) request from a device associated with a visitor network, wherein the APN request is associated with a user device. The device associated with the home network may cause, based on the APN request, a virtual home network to be instantiated that includes a virtual gateway, wherein the virtual home network is physically closer to the user device than the home network. The device associated with the home network may generate an APN that identifies the virtual home network and the virtual gateway. The device associated with the home network may cause the APN to be sent to the device associated with the visitor network to cause a gateway associated with the visitor network to connect to the virtual gateway.


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