US 11,778,476 B2
Systems and methods for application access control
Valerie Feldmann, Morristown, NJ (US); Kevin Xu, Warren, NJ (US); and Robert Belson, Rockville, MD (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 Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,575.
Application 17/655,575 is a continuation of application No. 17/100,166, filed on Nov. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,317,292.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210655 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 12/37 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/63 (2021.01) [H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/37 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive an access control policy indicating a particular set of types of User Equipment (“UEs”);
grant access to a particular UE when a type of the particular UE is included in the particular set of types indicated by the access control policy, wherein granting the access includes allowing the particular UE to execute a particular set of applications; and
deny access to the particular UE when the type of the particular UE is not included in the particular set of types indicated by the access control policy, wherein denying the access includes disabling the particular set of applications at the particular UE, wherein disabling the particular set of applications includes:
altering a display of one or more icons, in a user interface of the particular UE, that correspond to the particular set of disabled applications, wherein the altering includes replacing the one or more icons with one or more different icons,
receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a particular icon associated with a particular application of the particular set of disabled applications, and
presenting, based on receiving the user selection of the particular icon, information indicating the particular access control policy based on which the access was denied, including an indication that the particular application was disabled based on the type of the particular UE.