US 12,382,273 B2
Method and system for detection and autocorrection of stale session information
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US); Ali Imdad Malik, East Brunswick, NJ (US); and Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, 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 May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,181.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362615 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a binding support device from a policy control device, a binding request;
comparing, by the binding support device, the binding request to binding information stored at the binding support device; and
determining, by the binding support device, whether to reject the binding request or overwrite the binding information based on a comparison of first timestamps included in the binding information and second timestamps included in the binding request, wherein to reject or to overwrite is a binary choice, and wherein a first timestamp of the first timestamps and a first timestamp of the second timestamps each include a timestamp generated and set by a session management function.