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- Patent Title: System and method for group device access to wireless networks
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Application No.: US15591033Application Date: 2017-05-09
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Publication No.: US10334659B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Ye Huang , Lei Song , Phillip A. Ritter , Bjorn Hjelm , Thomas W. Haynes
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04W4/70
- IPC: H04W4/70 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W48/08 ; H04W76/10 ; H04W76/38 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
Techniques described herein may allow for the granting and revoking of temporary access, for User Equipment (“UE”) devices, to a wireless network. Multiple UEs may be registered with a group, where only a limited quantity of UEs in the group may be active at a given time. Once granted access, a UE device may have limits on the access, such as a maximum duration and/or a data limit. When a particular UE device, in a group, requests access to the network, a Group Device Authentication Server (“GDAS”) may determine whether to grant the access, based on how many other UEs in the group (if any) currently have access. The GDAS may also revoke the access once granted (e.g., once the maximum duration has been reached).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180332629A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP DEVICE ACCESS TO WIRELESS NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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