US Patent Issued to T-Mobile Innovations on March 24 for "Managing network access for vulnerable devices" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,853, issued on March 24, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Managing network access for vulnerable devices" was invented by Ariful Islam Kazi (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for managing public network access for devices that are identified as vulnerable devices. Devices may be identified as vulnerable devices based on an identifier associated with a vulnerable status, such as an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). Once identified as vulnerable, the network blocks the vulnerable device from accessing the public network (e.g., Internet) by routi...