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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Chien-Yuan Huang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
One or more devices are configured to receive a request, from a point of sale terminal, to verify a status of a user device being used to settle a transaction with the point of sale terminal. The status may indicate whether the user device has been reported stolen to an operator network. The one or more device may receive a user device identifier, from the point of sale terminal, that identifies the user device. The one or more devices may determine the status of the user device based on the user device identifier. The one or more devices may generate a response indicating the status of the user device. The one or more devices may send the response indicating the status of the user device to the point of sale terminal to permit the point of sale terminal to selectively settle the transaction.