US 12,082,088 B2
Facilitation of customer management for mobile edge computing services for 5G or other next generation network
Emmanuel Etuke, Matawan, NJ (US); Jitendra Patel, Dardenne Prairie, MO (US); Nicholas Arconati, St. Louis, MO (US); and Ramesh Garapaty, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,538.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322058 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 4/50 (2018.02) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/088 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by mobile edge computing equipment comprising a processor, an indication that a user equipment, of a group of user equipment registered with an entity, is at a location, wherein the indication is based on first tracking area code data representative of a first tracking area code;
comparing, by the mobile edge computing equipment, the first tracking area code data to second tracking area code data, representative of a second tracking area code and associated with a geofence applicable to the entity, resulting in a tracking area code match, wherein tracking area codes, comprising the first tracking area code, correspond to respective non-overlapping geographical areas within a cellular network associated with the mobile edge computing equipment;
based on the tracking area code match and an authentication of an international mobile subscriber identity of the user equipment, determining, by the mobile edge computing equipment, that the user equipment is authorized to connect to a mobile edge computing equipment operations portal associated with the entity via the mobile edge computing equipment, wherein the mobile edge computing equipment operations portal is operable to manage mobile edge computing services applicable to the group of user equipment registered with the entity; and
in response to determining that the user equipment is authorized to connect to the mobile edge computing equipment operations portal via the mobile edge computing equipment, connecting, by the mobile edge computing equipment, the user equipment to the mobile edge computing equipment operations portal via the mobile edge computing equipment and a private mobile edge computing access point name.