US 12,256,445 B2
Cloud hosted device instances method and apparatus
Mohit Goenka, Santa Clara, CA (US); Deepesh Mittal, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Thanawat Kaewka, San Jose, CA (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 Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,764.
Application 17/862,764 is a continuation of application No. 16/921,082, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,425,763.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353927 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server computer, a device instance creation request in connection with a user device, the request comprising configuration information;
creating, by the server computer, a persistent core device instance in accordance with the configuration information;
identifying, by the server computer, an edge cloud server;
transmitting, by the server computer and to the identified edge cloud server, an instruction to instantiate a local device instance in accordance with the configuration information;
generating, by the server computer, a unique identifier for the user device, the unique identifier corresponding to the local device instance and the persistent core device instance;
transmitting, by the server computer, the unique identifier to the identified edge cloud server and the user device; and
transmitting, by the server computer and to user device, an instruction to make a connection with the identified edge cloud server.