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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

May. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

James Mathison, Warren, NJ (US);

Peter Li, West Orange, NJ (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/36 (2013.01); G08B 23/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/0686 (2013.01); H04L 43/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/72555 (2013.01);
Abstract

The operational status of devices (such as routers, gateways, etc.) may be determined automatically, without the need for a user to look up status lights or sounds in a manual. A particular device may be automatically identified (e.g., by image recognition techniques), and the operational status may also be automatically identified. For example, a user device may capture an image, video, and/or audio of the device, and may automatically identify an operational status of the device based on the captured image, video, and/or audio. A message and/or suggested set of actions may also be presented to the user, which may indicate the operational status and instructions for one actions that the user may perform to improve the operational status of the device.


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