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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:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Catalin Meirosu, Solna, SE;

Craig Schoneberg, Vaudreuil-Dorion, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/042 (2022.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); H04L 41/5006 (2022.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/042 (2013.01); G06F 16/1824 (2019.01); G06Q 20/047 (2020.05); H04L 41/5006 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04M 15/8038 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device to implement a method of managing user equipment resource tracking in a visited network using blockchain based smart contracts. The method is implemented by the device in a home network of the user equipment. The method includes receiving notification from the visited network of the user equipment connection request, installing a smart contract for the user equipment into a blockchain, and reporting an identifier for the smart contract to the visited network to enable recording of resource usage of the user equipment to the blockchain and association with the smart contract.


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