US 11,778,052 B1
Systems and methods for automatically connecting managed devices
Dennis Benfante, Alpharetta, GA (US); Isaac Alexander Calvo, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Steven Mancuso, Lebanon, NJ (US); and Shyam T. Shyamalan, Hillsborough, NJ (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 Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/48,948.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 67/306 (2013.01) [H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first user device associated with a first dependent user, a request to add a second dependent user associated with a second user device to a contacts list of the first user device;
providing, by the first user device, a first device identifier, identifying the first user device, to the second user device via a short-range communication;
receiving, by the first user device and from the second user device, a second device identifier, identifying the second user device, via a short-range communication;
providing, by the first user device, the second device identifier to an approval system;
receiving, by the first user device and from the approval system, an indication of approval to add the second dependent user to the contacts list; and
adding, by the first user device, information identifying the second dependent user to the contacts list based on the indication.