Patent ID: 11954075
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a display;
a transceiver;
at least one system processor; and
at least one memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one system processor, instruct the at least one system processor to:
receive, while connected to a first network, a request to connect to an external device, the external device being an access point to a second network,
request, via the transceiver and from a first node of a distributed ledger network, an attestation as to whether an anomaly exists in an external device container image associated with the external device,
assess whether the attestation indicates that an anomaly exists in the external device container image; and
responsive to determining that an anomaly does not exist in the external device container image, (i) establish a connection with the external device and (ii) join the second network;
responsive to determining that the external device may be compromised, output, on the display, a graphical user interface including a user input for receiving a user command to connect to the external device; and
responsive to determining that an anomaly exists in the external device container image, deny the request to connect to the external device.