67 results about "Network providers" patented technology

An apparatus and method for users to store, attest, verify, exchange and share information and data without a need of centralized service while ensuring the users data is controlled and stored by the user on their owned mobile devices. Preferably, users have the ability for selective attribute, data and information disclosure while ensuring the end recipient always gets the latest updated information state at any given time. Information and data will be secured, encrypted by the user owned cryptographic keys and will not expose the data to operators of the decentralized network while optionally ensuring that the user data and information can also be stored in non-searchable, non-relatable, non-traceable and non-transferable private state mutable storage engine. A private state mutable storage engine is available to all the decentralized network providers, making it a unique decentralized user encrypted, controlled data and state backup service. User's private identifiable information (Pii) is not in any decentralized storage, not even in the form of encrypted data to ensure the solution is Quantum computing proof.

An illustrative method includes a container storage system detecting an event that occurs within a container system comprising a plurality of nodes; determining that the event has a potential to impact, by more than a threshold amount, performance of a first virtual network interface used by the nodes; and transmitting, based on the determining that the event has the potential to impact the performance of the first virtual network interface by more than the threshold amount, a request to a network provider system for the network provider system to provide a second virtual network interface for use by one or more of the nodes.

An apparatus configured to process, based on signaling from a network, parameters related to roaming to an Evolved Packet System (EPS) when a Fifth Generation System (5GS) is in a disaster condition, wherein a subscriber to a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) provider operating the 5GS has a 5G only roaming agreement with a PLMN operating the EPS, determine the 5GS is in the disaster condition and generate, for transmission to the EPS, an attach request to attach to the EPS during the disaster condition.

An illustrative method includes a container storage system detecting an event that occurs within a container system comprising a plurality of nodes; determining that the event has a potential to impact, by more than a threshold amount, performance of a first virtual network interface used by the nodes; and transmitting, based on the determining that the event has the potential to impact the performance of the first virtual network interface by more than the threshold amount, a request to a network provider system for the network provider system to provide a second virtual network interface for use by one or more of the nodes.

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a deployment and management of composite application service is provided. The service may allow a third party to develop and on-board logic that manages an application service hosted in an application layer network of a network provider. The logic may include optimization of the application service and remedial procedures that address events associated with degradation and / or performance of the application service. The service may configure resources of a host device to host the logic and expose services provided by the network provider in support of the management of the application service.

Approaches presented herein relate to human authentication in a computerized environment. In particular, challenge-response authentication can be performed where a requestor must submit a correct and valid response. An automated attack on such an environment may use a proxy network to cause a large number of malicious requests to be received to the environment, over a period of time, that appear to come from different sources. To make such an attack less appealing, challenge-response authentication can require an amount of additional data to be transmitted with each request, where that amount is small enough to not have a significant impact on a single request from a legitimate user, but large enough that the amount of data to be transmitted when aggregated across a large number of malicious requests will be significant, resulting in a high cost to the attacker if the proxy network provider charges based on data transmission.

Techniques for providing multi-operator core SASE solutions (e.g., for 5G SASE) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, a process, and / or a computer program product for providing multi-operator core SASE solutions for 5G SASE includes receiving mobile network traffic, at a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) cloud network, via a service provider interconnect between a plurality of mobile service provider networks and the SASE cloud network; monitoring the mobile network traffic at the SASE cloud network from the plurality of mobile service provider networks for a tenant of the SASE cloud network provider; enforcing a security policy based on one or more parameters associated with the mobile network traffic, wherein the security policy is associated with the tenant of the SASE cloud network provider; and forwarding the secured data plane traffic from the SASE cloud network to its original destination if allowed by the security policy, and block or drop the data plane traffic from the SASE cloud network if not allowed by the security policy.

A method, carried out by a private mobile wireless terminal, is described. The private mobile wireless terminal comprises a subscriber identification module applet, for persisting a connectivity preference for a home mobile wireless network that is a private mobile wireless network. The private mobile wireless terminal operates in a mobile wireless environment comprising a primarily mobile network provider including a sponsored roaming application server (SRAS). After losing the connection to the private mobile wireless network and connecting to an alternative mobile network, further operations are carried out to restore a persisted connectivity preference for connecting to the private mobile wireless network after service is restored following a service outage of the private mobile wireless network.

The present disclosure relates to methods for facilitating payment transactions through a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip embedded payment acceptance device. The NFC chip may be preconfigured with merchant data for transacting with the merchant. The user device may read and acquire the merchant data preconfigured in the NFC chip using NFC enabled user device and initiate the payment transaction. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, the merchant may dynamically configure the NFC chip prior to each transaction. Thereafter, the transaction may be processed through a payment network provider. The present disclosure enables customers to transact without the need to share any customer-sensitive information with the merchant's PoS device, thereby preventing data theft and enabling customers to pay using the devices associated with the customers. The present disclosure also eliminates the need for expensive PoS devices and provides a low cost and economic method for the merchants to accept payments.

Facilitating geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a first communication link between a first network device and group of devices connected via a private network connection. The method also can comprise establishing, by the system, a second communication link between the first network device and a second network device. The second network device can be included in a group of network devices associated with a communication network provider. Further, the second network device can facilitate communication with a communication device.

To enable determination whether a telephone number to be investigated is a valid telephone number with a subscription contract.SOLUTION: A determination method includes a transmission step of transmitting, to a first IP network, transmission information indicating that a call is made to a telephone number to be investigated, the transmission information being response information including an error message from the first IP network using an optical line as an access line or a second IP network connected to the first IP network and operated by a communication network provider different from the first IP network; and a determination step of determining whether the telephone number is the telephone number validated by making a subscription contract in the second IP network or the telephone number invalidated by not making the subscription contract in the second IP network, based on response information received from the first IP network.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method of providing network services by a network provider may include receiving, by a uniform policy module of a network provider, a user policy for providing network services to a user device. The method may include generating, by the uniform policy module, one or more network parameters associated with the user device and based at least in part on the user policy. The method may include receiving, by the uniform policy module, a request from a network access controller associated with the network provider to provide network services to the user device. The method may include transmitting, by the uniform policy module, at least some of one or more network parameters to the network access controller, such that the network access controller provides the network services to the user device according to the transmitted network parameters such that the request is fulfilled.

At least three uses of the technology disclosed are immediately recognized. First, a video stream classifier can be trained that has multiple uses. Second, a trained video stream classifier can be applied to monitor a live network. It can be extended by the network provider to customer relations management or to controlling video bandwidth. Third, a trained video stream classifier can be used to infer bit rate switching of codecs used by video sources and content providers. Bit rate switching and resulting video quality scores can be used to balance network loads and to balance quality of experience for users, across video sources. Balancing based on bit rate switching and resulting video quality scores also can be used when resolving network contention.

A device and method for facilitating network access is disclosed. The device for facilitating network access comprises: a first communication module operable to obtain the network access from a first network provider; a second communication module operable to connect to a communication device, the communication device is operable to obtain the network access from a second network provider; and a processor operable to select at least one of the first communication module and the second communication module to connect to an electronic device; wherein the processor is operable to select the at least one of the first communication module and the second communication module based on a property of a set of executable instructions capable of being accessed by the electronic device.

Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.

Methods are described for managing transmission resources using user group correlation. A content provider or an advertiser may send, to a network provider, a content item that is to be transmitted to a target audience. The content provider or the advertiser may indicate the target audience by providing data identifying one or more criteria for the target audience. The network provider may use the data from the content provider to determine an initial user group that matches the criteria, and one or more additional user groups that are similar to the initial user group within a threshold. The network provider may transmit the content item to the initial user group and to the additional user groups.

Embodiments of present disclosure provide system (200) and method (300) providing access to services relating to software product of the network provider (206). License enforcement agent (212) implemented in the software product. The license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to obtain the license information indicative of at least one license for at least one service of the one or more services. The license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to map the at least one license for the at least one service to corresponding at least one service in a list of services by using the license information. Thereafter, the license enforcement agent (212) being arranged to generate a respective authorization policy for the at least one service in the list of services. The respective authorization policy is arranged to be of use to provide access to one or more services relating to the software product.

Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a device and method for scheduling data communication links in an electronic device. The electronic device includes communication circuitry and a processor, wherein the processor may: configure the NDP for data communication with an external electronic device included in the NAN cluster based on first scheduling information; storing information related to the NDP based on switching to a low power mode associated with the NDP connection; maintaining synchronization with the external electronic device based on second scheduling information different from the first scheduling information; and in a case where the data communication with the external electronic device is performed, performing data communication with the external electronic device through the NDP to the external electronic device based on the information related to the NDP. Other embodiments are also possible.

Systems and methods for qualifying external network facilities for a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a PON service provider are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required optical services at the service location; determining a group of candidate external network provider facilities for the service location of the PON based on geospatial coordinates of the service location and respective geospatial coordinates of the candidate external network provider facilities included in the group; selecting, from among the group of candidate external network provider facilities, an external network provider facility for providing the set of required optical services to the service location; and causing one or more optical services to be delivered to the service location via the selected external network provider facility.

Systems and methods are provided for managing network layers. Network providers often define their network with pre-defined network layer priorities depending on their spectrum holdings (e.g., bandwidth) and capability of devices. User device performance metrics are valuable data points that allow for intelligent traffic steering and network layer management based on device-specific performance related to specific network layers. Location session records (LSR) data provides detailed inputs for sessions for each user device in a network. This historical data can be utilized to identify performance issues on certain network layers for specific user devices and proactively steer the devices to other network layers to improve performance.

Embodiments herein selectively transmit probes between network nodes to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end paths through the network. In one embodiment, the network provider identifies key nodes based on a performance heuristic, such as the number of paths that run through each nodes, the amount of traffic that flows through the nodes, and the like. In addition to transmitting probes between the key nodes, supplemental probes can be transmitted from each customer edge device (e.g., a customer endpoint) to the key nodes in the provider's network. The data generated by probing between the key nodes and by probing between the customer edge devices and the key nodes can be combined to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end routes through the network.

Systems and methods to identify a growth classification / categorization for a geographic area that helps a network provider to solve for what types of planning opportunities are available at various area granularities is disclosed. The system computes values for a set of growth criteria for a geographic area. The growth criteria are related to planning, usability, customer experience, sales, population, and so on. Based on the growth-criteria values, the system identifies a classification / categorization for the area. For example, the system classifies an area as an invest area (e.g., requiring engineering action), a grow area (e.g., requiring sales action / being sales ready), a defend area (e.g., requiring engineering and sales actions to continue current trend), or a fix area (e.g., likely requiring both engineering and sales actions to improve current trend). Based on the area classification, the system can then provide actionable insights to drive improvement in network coverage and customer experience.

A provider computing system configured to: receive transaction information regarding a customer transaction associated with one or more of a transaction processing entity, a merchant, or a payment network provider, the transaction information including a potential payment method; determine a transaction rate associated with the potential payment method; identify an offer associated with the one or more of the transaction processing entity, the merchant, or the payment network provider; generate display data including the transaction rate and the offer; and transmit the display data to at least one of a transaction processing device associated with the transaction processing entity, a merchant computing system associated with the merchant, or a customer device associated with a customer, the display data configured to cause the transaction rate and the offer to be displayed by the at least one of the transaction processing device, the merchant computing system, or the customer device.

An architecture plan for a software-defined traffic routing mesh network that includes multiple tiers of network nodes for routing network data traffic between one or more client devices and an external network may be received. Network nodes for the multiple tiers may be procured via a computing device associated with a mesh network provider or via procurement network nodes that are associated with different independent entities. Subsequently, a configuration file may be generated based at least on the architecture plan and node information of the procured network nodes. The configuration file is then implemented to configure the procured network nodes into the mesh network. In some instances, a configuration command in the configuration file may be modified when the configuration command fails during the implementation of the configuration file. In other instances, the network nodes in the software-defined traffic routing mesh network may be further modified following deployment for use.

Method to perform identification followed by authentication and Key Agreement procedure of a user equipment to a satellite hosting a secure database for AKA acting as a local network provider with intermittent / temporary connectivity, said method including the steps of detecting, by a user equipment, a service link and selecting a network provided by the satellite; sending, by the user equipment, a connection request to the satellite; generating, by the satellite, an AUTHENTICATE request to the local secure database for AKA for the requesting subscriber identifier; generating, by the secure database for AKA, an Authentication Vector (AV) from a key 5 K_nsat derived from a master key for the satellite nsat, and a proprietary bit of Authentication Management Field (AMF); returning, by the local secure database for AKA, an authentication response. Other aspects are described.

In various examples, a user seeking to switch network providers may reserve an eSIM profile through touch selection of the display of a UE, which causes encoding and transmission of an identifier associated with the UE to a network operator. As a result, human error both in transmitting and receiving the identifier needed to reserve an eSIM profile is eliminated. And the time needed to identify and transmit the identifier is significantly reduced in comparison to orally conveying the identifier to a customer services representative or keying in the identifier, and then verifying the identifier with the representative.

This technology defines an envelope of a set of constraints to impose a network characteristic. A function is created to form a combined set of envelopes to configure resources for use in the network. A path is discovered from a first state to a second state based on the combined set of envelopes. A set of service descriptors configures the function based on a load demand for the network. A path selection is tested of a set of envelopes against the load demand for the network. The set of constraints of a path selection is determined as to whether the load demand is met demand. In response to a set of envelopes meeting the load demand, a path selection is enabled for a set of constraints defined by the set of envelopes, else if the load demand is not met, then an error message is returned to the network provider.

Systems and methods are provided for managing network segments that span across geographic regions and / or other types of network divisions in a cloud-based network environment. A cloud-based network provider's geographically dispersed network infrastructure can be used as the core of a customer's private wide area network, and the customer can define isolated segments to which other networks (virtual private clouds, virtual private networks, etc.) can attach. Even if implemented across some or all of the same regions as other segments of the same customer and / or other customers - and using the same physical and / or virtual routing components as them - the various segments can remain logically isolated from one another.

Techniques are provided for validating edge computing devices using verification of network identifiers. One method comprises obtaining an ownership voucher for an edge device, wherein the ownership voucher comprises credentials of the edge device, wherein the edge device comprises an integrated circuit used by the edge device to access a network, such as a mobile network, and wherein the ownership voucher further comprises: (i) an identifier of the integrated circuit used to access the network and / or (ii) an identifier of the network; verifying, by a provider of the network: (i) the identifier of the integrated circuit and / or (ii) the identifier of the network; and automatically enabling the edge device to access the network based on a result of the verifying. The ownership voucher may comprise an identifier of a subscriber of the network and the provider of the network may verify the identifier of the subscriber of the network.