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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kashif Khan, Keller, TX (US);
Danysel Barthelme, Frisco, TX (US);
Ronald E. Collier, Ii, Arlington, TX (US);
Ertao Li, Plano, TX (US);
Steve L. Padilla, Grapevine, TX (US);
Gaurav Patel, McKinney, TX (US);
Shawn R. Pugh, Easton, PA (US);
Shujaat Ali Siddique, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Daniel L. Walker, Wall Township, NJ (US);
John Cao Vinh Nguyen, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A network device may receive, from a user device, a call associated with a telephone number, where the call is intended for a priority service associated with the telephone number. The network device may identify the call as a priority call based on the telephone number associated with the call, and may determine that a network overload condition exists. The network device may associate a priority tag with the call based on identifying the call as a priority call. The network device may cause the call to be provided preferential treatment, while the call is transmitted for the priority service during the network overload condition, based on the priority tag.