US 12,284,707 B2
Systems and methods to converge a mobile network operator (MNO) with a multiple-system operator (MSO)
Ojas Thakore Choksi, Herndon, VA (US); Mariam Sorond, Renton, VA (US); and Omkar Shripad Dharmadhikari, Centennial, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,318.
Application 18/520,318 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,204, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,832,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,496, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,935, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098825 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/16 (2018.02) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/1446 (2023.05); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to manage traffic for a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), the method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile network operator (MNO) core network, a setup request from a user equipment (UE) via at least one of an MNO access network or a hybrid (H)-MVNO access network;
determining, at the MNO core network and based on an identifier included in the setup request, the UE is associated with a multiple-system operator (MSO) providing an H-MVNO core network;
receiving one or more data packets, from the UE, at the MNO core network; and
sending, using one or more inter-network interfaces between the MNO core network and the H-MVNO core network, the one or more data packets to the H-MVNO core network in response to the UE being associated with the MSO.