US 11,792,282 B1
System and method for determining device location and providing access authorization
Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US); Samirkumar Patel, Middlesex, NJ (US); Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US); Helen Osias Eglip, Sammamish, WA (US); Anthony Mathias George, Springville, UT (US); and Parry Cornell Booker, Sunnyvale, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/55,487.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/52 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a Content Authorization Function (CAF), a request to provide a User Equipment (UE) type of a UE and a physical location associated with the UE, the request including a UE Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the UE;
querying, by the CAF, a Network Function (NF), to provide the UE type and associated physical location, the query including the UE IP address;
receiving, by the CAF from the NF, the UE type and associated physical location; and
transmitting the UE type and associated physical location.