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US 10405157
System and method for provisioning user computing devices based on sensor and state information
Current assignee: SENSAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US10405157B2
Title: System and method for provisioning user computing devices based on sensor and state information
Patent number: US10405157B2
Application number: US16/130,070
Inventor: Shamim A. Naqvi
Original assignee: Sensoriant Inc; current assignee listed as Sensay Technologies LLC
Priority date: 2010-07-21
Filing date: 2018-09-13
Publication date: 2019-09-03 (grant)
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-21
Legal status: Active
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10405157](/patent/US10405157)/en
Purpose and plain-language scope. The patent describes provisioning user computing devices based on sensor and state information. The listed prior-art keywords—"user device," "resource," "network," "mobile device," and "user"—indicate the subject matter concerns deciding what resources or network access a device receives according to sensed conditions and device/user state. Classifications support this: H04W4/50 (service provisioning or reconfiguring); H04W4/02 and H04W4/021/4/029 (location-based services, geofencing, location-based management or tracking); H04W48/02–48/18 (access restriction and network selection based on user/terminal location or mobility); H04W8/18 and H04W8/20 (processing and transfer of subscriber data); and H04W12/08 and H04W12/12 (access security and fraud detection). Additional G06Q20/32–20/4016 classes point to mobile payment, location-dependent transactions, and transaction verification including fraud/risk assessment.
Read together, the classification and keyword data suggest a system in which a device's sensed state (for example, location or mobility) governs provisioning, network selection, or access to resources, with security and transaction-fraud applications contemplated.
What the supplied excerpt does not establish. The excerpt contains no claims, no abstract, no written description, and no drawings or reference numerals from which to state the actual claimed scope or the specific technical mechanisms. It also does not provide the specification, the number or content of claims, the identity of cited prior art, or the outcome of any examination. It contains no information about litigation or ownership beyond the assignment entries shown, and I have not researched those, nor validity or prior art. Legal status, priority, and expiration dates are expressly described in the source as assumptions, not legal conclusions. Any statement of what the patent "covers" beyond the title, keywords, and classifications above would be inference, not established fact.
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