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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Alejandro Lopez, South Bound Brook, NJ (US);

Lulia Ann Barakat, McKinney, TX (US);

Timothy M. Dwight, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/2281 (2013.01); H04M 3/42034 (2013.01); H04M 2203/6045 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some implementations, a network element may receive information indicating a list of user equipments (UEs) that are off a wireless network. The network element may receive a verification request to verify a call received by the wireless network. The network element may determine, in response to the verification request and based on the information, whether a UE authorized to use a calling number associated with the call is on the wireless network. The network element may transmit an indication of whether the UE is on the wireless network.


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