US 9,426,721 B2Granted

Temporary access to wireless networks

AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

InventorsAzim Nasir, Andre R. Turner, Hong Xiao, Dongchen Wang

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Abstract

A server device may receive a first request for temporary access to a wireless network, the first request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device; grant the first request for temporary access to the wireless network; subsequently determine that the temporary access to the wireless network has expired; receive, after the temporary access has expired, a second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the second request being associated with the first device; and reject the second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the rejecting being based on determining that temporary access has previously been granted to the first device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server device, a request for temporary access to a wireless network, the request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is associated with a sub-account of an account that is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device,
wherein usage, of the wireless network, by the first device under the sub-account, is counted against an amount of usage allotted to the subscription associated with the second device;
identifying, by the server device, at least one of:
first prior usage information associated with the first device, the first prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, or
second prior usage information associated with the second device, the second prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted, under the sub-account, to one or more devices associated with the second device,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account;
determining, by the server device and based on the identified first prior usage information or the identified second prior usage information, whether to grant the request for temporary access to the wireless network, the determining being based on one or more thresholds that are associated with excessive previous temporary access under the sub-account;
granting, by the server device, the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, does not exceed a first threshold, of the one or more thresholds, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, does not exceed a second threshold, of the one or more thresholds;
and
rejecting, by the server device, the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, exceeds the first threshold, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, exceeds the second threshold.

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A server device, comprising:

a non-transitory memory device storing a set of processor-executable instructions;
and
a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to:
identify a received request for temporary access to a wireless network, the request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is associated with a sub-account of an account that is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device,
wherein usage, of the wireless network, by the first device under the sub-account, is counted against an amount of usage allotted to the subscription associated with the second device;
identify at least one of:
first prior usage information associated with the first device, the first prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, or
second prior usage information associated with the second device, the second prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted, under the sub-account, to one or more devices associated with the second device,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account;
determine, based on the identified first prior usage information or the identified second prior usage information, whether to grant the request for temporary access to the wireless network, the determining being further based on one or more thresholds that are associated with excessive previous temporary access under the sub-account;
grant the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, does not exceed a first threshold, of the one or more thresholds, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, does not exceed a second threshold, of the one or more thresholds;
and
reject the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, exceeds the first threshold, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, exceeds the second threshold.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a set of processor-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

identify a received request for temporary access to a wireless network, the request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is associated with a sub-account of an account that is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device,
wherein usage, of the wireless network, by the first device under the sub-account, is counted against an amount of usage allotted to the subscription associated with the second device;
identify at least one of:
first prior usage information associated with the first device, the first prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the first device indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, or
second prior usage information associated with the second device, the second prior usage information indicating an extent to which temporary access was previously granted, under the sub-account, to one or more devices associated with the second device,
the extent to which temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices indicating at least a quantity of times that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account;
determine, based on the identified first prior usage information or the identified second prior usage information, whether to grant the request for temporary access to the wireless network, the determining being further based on one or more thresholds that are associated with excessive previous temporary access under the sub-account;
grant the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, does not exceed a first threshold, of the one or more thresholds, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, does not exceed a second threshold, of the one or more thresholds;
and
reject the request for temporary access when the determination, based on the first or the second prior usage information and the one or more thresholds, indicates at least one of:
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the first device, under the sub-account, exceeds the first threshold, or
that the quantity of times, that temporary access was previously granted to the one or more devices, under the sub-account, exceeds the second threshold.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.