US 12,445,531 B2
System and method for determining device location and providing access authorization
Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US); Samirkumar Patel, Middlesex, NJ (US); Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US); Helen Osias Eglip, Sammamish, WA (US); Anthony Mathias George, Springville, UT (US); and Parry Cornell Booker, Sunnyvale, TX (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 Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,775.
Application 18/464,775 is a continuation of application No. 18/055,487, filed on Nov. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,792,282.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163343 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/52 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, over a network, information from a content provider, the information corresponding to a request for the content provider to provide content to user equipment (UE) at a location;
communicating, over the network, the received information to a network function (NF) of the network;
receiving, from the NF, UE information;
mapping the UE information to the location;
determining, based on the mapping, whether the UE is authorized to receive the content from the content provider; and
communicating, over the network, information related to the determination to the content provider, the information controlling a mechanism of the content provider for responding to the UE.