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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah, Keller, TX (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jayshree A. Bharatia, Plano, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, network device, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to priority-based service authorization, including receiving, via an application service, a session request from a user equipment device (UE), wherein the session request includes a priority service subscription indicator associated with invoking a priority service session with the UE; determining, based on an applicable policy, a first authorization of the application service for the priority service; obtaining, from a user data function and based on the first authorization, a subscriber profile associated with the UE; sending, to an authenticator, a request for a second authorization of the UE for the priority service based on a verification of the priority service subscription indicator to the subscriber profile; receiving, from the authenticator, a verification message of the second authorization; and notifying, based on the verification message, the application service of the invoking of the priority service session.