Communications device contactability metric
US12143401B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to authenticate a communications device via a communications network. One embodiment may include obtaining, via a communications network coupled to a client computing resource, signals indicative of the subscriber identifier. The signals indicative of the subscriber identifier may facilitate computing a contactability metric of a communications device corresponding to the subscriber identifier, wherein the contactability metric is to relate to a likelihood that the communications device can be electronically contacted within a predetermined interval, the contactability metric being computed responsive to obtaining signals from one or more databases accessible to an authenticator, the obtained signals being indicative of an outcome of one or more events, such as determining a type of the communications device, as well as records pertaining to a number of additional signals indicating events that relate to activities of a communications device.
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