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Automated network inventory using a user device

US9418351B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignees

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US
Verizon North, LLC · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Carr · Murrieta, US
Mohsin A. Karim · Plano, US
Warren Thompson · Irving, US
Mike R. Blasius · College Station, US
Jonathan Allen · Medford, US
David G. Jones · Chatswood, AU
Neil Tolentino · Irving, US
Fahd Bhatty · Farmers Branch, US
Awais Iqbal · Irving, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2011
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/029
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system configured to receive a request to perform a survey on a piece of equipment associated with a network; and present, for display, a user interface that allows a user, of the user device, to enter equipment information, associated with the piece of equipment, where the equipment information includes information that uniquely identifies the piece of equipment, information associated with a location of the piece of equipment, or information that identifies ownership of the piece of equipment . The system is also configured to receive, via the user interface, the equipment information; and transmit the equipment information to a server device.

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