LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESSOR FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

• US 20140180938A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: DOMKE, Harold R., KADHATI, Prakash, ALLURI, Subbarao, TAMINAINA, Bhupesh Kumar, BALASEKARAN, Ramesh, ARUMUGAM, Seenuvasan, MANICKAM, Vetha S.A., TANUKU, Nageswara R., COONEY, Claire A.
• Application Number:
  US13/727,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20140180938A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products

Abstract

A device is configured to receive application information associated with an application for a license to use field equipment associated with a potential licensor. The application information may identify a potential licensee, the field equipment, and a requested usage of the field equipment. The device is configured to determine, based on the application information and the identified field equipment, that a virtual field survey is to be conducted, to receive information that identifies an available usage of the field equipment, to determine that the available usage satisfies the requested usage, and to transmit a notification to a licensee device associated with the potential licensee or a licensor device associated with the potential licensor.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive application information associated with an application for a license to use field equipment associated with a potential licensor, the application information identifying a potential licensee, the field equipment, and a requested usage of the field equipment;

determine, based on the application information and the identified field equipment, that a virtual field survey is to be conducted;

receive, based on determining that the virtual field survey is to be conducted, information that identifies an available usage of the field equipment;

conduct the virtual field survey by determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage; and

transmit, based on determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage, a notification to a licensee device associated with the potential licensee or a licensor device associated with the potential licensor.

2. The device of claim 1, where the field equipment includes at least one of:

a pole;

a man hole;

a conduit;

a pipe;

a cable;

a utility box;

a service drop;

a base station;

or

an antenna.

3. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine a deadline associated with conducting the virtual field survey, the deadline being based on a time at which the application information is received;

receive an indication that the deadline has passed; and

transmit, based on receiving the indication that the deadline has passed, a cancellation notification to the licensee device or the licensor device.

4. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment; and

where the one or more processors, when transmitting the notification to the licensee device or the licensor device, are further to;

transmit, based on determining that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment, the notification to the licensee device or the licensor device.

5. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when determining that the virtual field survey is to be conducted, are further to:

receive information indicating that the field equipment exists; and

determine, based on receiving the information indicating that the field equipment exists, that the virtual field survey is to be conducted.

6. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when receiving the information that identifies the available usage of the field equipment, are further to:

receive the information from the field equipment or a device associated with the field equipment.

7. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

provision the field equipment based on determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to;

receive application information associated with an application for a license to use field equipment associated with a potential licensor, the application information identifying a potential licensee, the field equipment, and a requested usage of the field equipment;

receive information that identifies an available usage of the field equipment;

determine that the available usage satisfies the requested usage; and

transmit, based on determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage, a notification to a licensee device associated with the potential licensee or a licensor device associated with the potential licensor.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the field equipment includes at least one of:

a pole;

a man hole;

a conduit;

a pipe;

a cable;

a utility box;

a service drop;

or

a base station;

or

an antenna.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions further cause the processor to:

determine a deadline associated with transmitting the notification, the deadline being based on a time at which the application information is received;

receive an indication that the deadline has passed; and

transmit, based on receiving the indication that the deadline has passed, a cancellation notification to the licensee device or the licensor device.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions further cause the processor to:

determine that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to transmit the notification to the licensee device or the licensor device, further cause the processor to;

transmit, based on determining that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment, the notification to the licensee device or the licensor device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the available usage includes at least one of:

an available length of the field equipment;

an available height of the field equipment;

an available amount of space for installing infrastructure associated with the field equipment;

a quantity of licensees associated with the field equipment;

or

a geographic location of the field equipment.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to receive the information that identifies the available usage of the field equipment, further cause the processor to:

receive the information from the field equipment or a device associated with the field equipment.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions further cause the processor to:

provision the field equipment based on determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device, application information associated with an application for a license to use field equipment associated with a potential licensor, the application information identifying a potential licensee, the field equipment, and a requested usage of the field equipment;

determining, by the device and based on the application information and the identified field equipment, that a virtual field survey is to be conducted;

receiving, by the device and based on determining that the virtual field survey is to be conducted, information that identifies an available usage of the field equipment;

conducting, by the device, the virtual field survey by determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage; and

transmitting, by the device and based on determining that the available usage satisfies the requested usage, a notification to one or more user devices associated with processing the application.

16. The method of claim 15, where the field equipment includes at least one of:

a pole;

a man hole;

a conduit;

a pipe;

a cable;

a utility box;

a service drop;

or

a base station;

or

an antenna.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a deadline associated with conducting the virtual field survey, the deadline being based on a time at which the application information is received;

receiving an indication that the deadline has passed; and

transmitting, based on receiving the indication that the deadline has passed, a cancellation notification to the one or more user devices.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment; and

where transmitting the notification to the one or more user devices further comprises;

transmitting, based on determining that the potential licensor owns or has a right to license the field equipment, the notification to the one or more user devices.

19. The method of claim 15, where determining that the virtual field survey is to be conducted further comprises:

receiving information indicating that the field equipment exists; and

determining, based on receiving the information indicating that the field equipment exists, that the virtual field survey is to be conducted.

20. The method of claim 15, where receiving the information that identifies the available usage of the field equipment further comprises:

receiving the information from the field equipment or a device associated with the field equipment.