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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); H04L 41/5041 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and systems for transparent switching of service function identifiers in wireless communications are provided. In an example, a method for wireless communications comprises sending configuration information to one or more Service Function Endpoints (SFEs) using a programmable application programming interface (API), implementing the API as a programmable middleware, and registering each of the one or more SFEs with a respective identifier according to a service description at the programable middleware.