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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2023
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kalyani Bogineni, Irving, TX (US);
Ratul K. Guha, Warwick, PA (US);
Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah, Keller, TX (US);
Dante J. Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Burhan Syed, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Kevin Lim, Danville, CA (US);
Vassilis Pafilis, Plano, TX (US);
Ashish Sardesai, Ashburn, VA (US);
Chris Halton, Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Manuel Enrique Caceres, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device of network may provide, to a secondary device, an identifier of a user equipment and a code for messaging, and may receive, from the secondary device and based on the code, target data identifying a target application to notify when the user equipment is stolen. The device may receive an indication of theft of the user equipment, and may block access of the identifier of the user equipment to the target application based on the indication.