AT&T Patents Granted
Patents granted to AT&T by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11997583Abstract: A software defined network (SDN) can add network repository functions (NRF) into a configurations database to enable NF discovery. The SDN can subscribe to NRF notifications to receive new cloud native functions (CNF), registrations, or any other update to the CNF status in 5G system. In addition to listening to NRF notifications, the SDN can implement CNF pooling processes to periodically retrieve CNF from an NRF repository and stay in sync with 5G systems. Thus, a deep service path discovery can be developed from network service configurations and container call flows to enable an accurate alarm correlation and troubleshooting for the operations. This service path deep discovery can be designed and implemented as a standalone system or in an SDN framework with integration of a container management framework such as K8 kubernetes.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Seyed Hashemi, Abbas Kiani
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Patent number: 11997567Abstract: An evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) core may map sensor data or telemetry data from a central repository server (e.g., tag it with an area code from where the data is being generated) to a service area. The eMBMS core may inform the radio access network to create a service area for the specific area code, which may be part of or an entire city, county, or the like. Then the radio access network may broadcast the data to the vehicles or devices in the specific area code.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Sreejith Menon
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Patent number: 11996888Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, causing, by a processing system including a processor, a first optical signal to be conveyed within a first communication device from a first component of the first communication device to a second component of the first communication device via a first fiber including a first hollow core fiber, and causing, by the processing system, the first optical signal to be transmitted from the first communication device to a second communication device via a second fiber. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ricky Perry, Abdellah Tazi
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Patent number: 11997578Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a network from a plurality of mobile devices via a plurality of installed SDKs, sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of mobile devices, where the sensor data includes geomagnetic data captured within a particular building; providing, over the network, the sensor data to a geomagnetic mapping server to enable generation of a geomagnetic footprint for the particular building that is aggregated with indoor mapping data for the particular building and stored as a map in a mapping repository; and providing, over the network, the map of the particular building to a communication device for presentation at the communication device along with real-time locations of first responders in the particular building, where the real-time locations are determined according to real-time sensor data including real-time geomagnetic data captured by sensors of the first responders. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: David Hildebrant, Mingwun Li, Shih-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 11997508Abstract: A processing system may obtain usage volume information for endpoint devices for at least one cell site of a cellular network, determine at least one earning value of the at least one cell site based upon a summation of an earning metric of each of the endpoint devices for the at least one cell site, the earning metric comprising for each of the endpoint devices in a given time period: a total earning for the cellular network from the endpoint device times a ratio of the usage volume via the at least one cell site divided by the total usage volume via the cellular network, train a prediction model to predict an earning value of a new cell site, based upon geospatial features of the at least one cell site as predictor factors, and determine a predicted earning value of the new cell site via the prediction model.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellect ual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Velin Kounev, Yaron Kanza, Arun Jotshi
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Patent number: 11995213Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and processing systems are disclosed for establishing a data sharing community for an event of an event type. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may detect, via at least one data source device, a trigger condition for an event of an event type, and establish a data sharing community for the event, the data sharing community including a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources including the at least one data source device, and a plurality of data consumers, where the establishing includes setting respective permission levels for the data consumers. The processing system may further collect data from the plurality of data sources in accordance with the event type, and provide at least a first portion of the data to at least a first data consumer in accordance with a respective permission level of at least the first data consumer.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellect ual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Robert Gratz, Jason Decuir
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Patent number: 11997041Abstract: An early termination system for blind decoding is provided to decrease the computational resources utilized when decoding the physical resources, and decrease the time spent decoding. A blind decoding priority list can be used by the mobile device to preferentially decode specific physical resource elements as it specifies the order of all the candidate physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). When the physical resource elements are decoded, if there is no more downlink control information in that transmission time interval, the downlink control information can include a termination bit, and the mobile device, upon identifying the termination bit can cease blind decoding of the remainder candidates. In this way, the blind decoding process more quickly identifies the downlink control information, and subsequent blind decoding is halted.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Ralf Bendlin, Arunabha Ghosh, SaiRamesh Nammi
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Patent number: 11996958Abstract: Identifying a coherence time associated with a user equipment (UE) and a coherence bandwidth associated with the UE, determining a coherence block based on the coherence time and the coherence bandwidth, determining whether the coherence block satisfies a threshold, based on a first determination that the coherence block satisfies the threshold, employing a plurality of modular antenna arrays in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the UE, and, based on a second determination that the coherence block does not satisfy the threshold, employing the plurality of modular antenna arrays in single-user (Su)-MIMO for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Ernest Tsui
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Patent number: 11995518Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to machine learning model understanding as-a-service. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a model understanding as-a-service system can receive, from a user system, a service request that includes a machine learning model created for a user associated with the user system. The model understanding as-a-service system can conduct an analysis of the machine learning model in accordance with the service request. The model understanding as-a-service system can compile, for the user, results of the analysis of the machine learning model in accordance with the service request. The model understanding as-a-service system can create a service response that includes the results of the analysis. The model understanding as-a-service system can provide the service response to the user system.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellect al P Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, David Crawford Gibbon, Lee Begeja, Paul Triantafyllou, Behzad Shahraray
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Patent number: 11995035Abstract: An example method includes receiving a plurality of data request specifications from a plurality of user endpoint devices of requesting users, aggregating a subset of the plurality of data request specifications which share a similarity into a super request, retrieving a plurality of datasets, wherein the plurality of datasets is needed to fulfill the super request, aggregating the plurality of datasets into a single data superset, and delivering the single data superset to the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users via a data pipeline, where the delivering includes segregating the single data superset so that each user endpoint device of the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users receives a portion of the single data superset corresponding to one data request specification of the plurality of data request specifications that was submitted by the each user endpoint device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellect al P Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Fan, Steven Polston, Sanjay Agraharam, Michelle Martens, Arun Gupta
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Patent number: 11995220Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying, during a CPU's execution of a first program, a branching instruction of the first program that redirects execution to a second program. Responsive to the identifying of the branching instruction, a return address of a next instruction of the first program is encrypted. The encrypted return address is transferred to the second program without the CPU retaining a record of the return address. The encrypted return address is received from the second program responsive to its completion of execution. The received encrypted return address is decrypted to obtain the return address enabling a resumption of execution of the first program from the next instruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: William C. Cottrill, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Peter Hardie
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Patent number: 11997647Abstract: Facilitating device contexts, operational modes, and policy driven enhancements for paging in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a network device can comprise analyzing a group of contextual data for a user equipment device, and mobility management behaviors historically implemented for the user equipment device and based on an indication that a page request is scheduled to be sent to the user equipment device. The operations can also comprise configuring a paging message for the user equipment device based on the contextual data and the mobility management behaviors. Further, the operations can comprise sending the paging message to the user equipment device.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Ryan Redfern, Jiansong Wang
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Patent number: 11995739Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information about an augmented reality (AR) environment which includes a plurality of objects and a user participating in the AR environment, the user viewing the AR environment through a user equipment, receiving context information for the AR environment, identifying a diminished reality (DR) object of the plurality of objects, wherein the identifying is responsive to the context information, modifying the AR environment to render the DR object invisible to the user viewing the AR environment through user equipment, monitoring movement of one or more objects of the AR environment including the DR object, and modifying visibility of the DR object to the user viewing the AR environment through user equipment as a notification of a possible collision between the user and the DR object, wherein the modifying is responsive to detecting a risk of collision. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Terrel Michael LeCesne, Eric Zavesky, Jason Allen DeCuir, James H. Pratt
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Patent number: 11997753Abstract: Electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIM) can be more susceptible to hackers and more vulnerable than physical subscriber identity modules. The current disclosure discusses systems and methods to facilitate eSIM security by utilizing a management software application (MSA) hosted on a mobile device. This MSA can cross-reference eSIM registration data with mobile device signature data to determine if the correct user identity is associated with mobile device prior to an eSIM being issued to the mobile device. Additionally, various degrees of data flagging can be utilized to allow an end user to properly address an indication of mobile device vulnerability.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Joseph Soryal
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Patent number: 11997756Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards detecting improbable speeds of a mobile device, which can indicate fraudulent activity with respect to the mobile device. Radio access network events and call detail records are processed to determine when a mobile device “travel jumps” between locations at improbable speeds. Events corresponding to handovers between adjacent cells are filtered out. For events corresponding to changed cell towers that are non-adjacent, further processing is performed to determine the speed of the mobile device travel between the cells. A first speed threshold is selected based on possible air travel (a cell near an airport) or a second non-air travel speed threshold is selected. If the speed of the mobile device exceeds the selected speed threshold, a travel jump is determined. Exceptions can be made for gaps in connectivity due to topography (known inconsistent reception areas) and for a mobile device shutting down and restarting.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yaron Koral, Lauro Lins
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Patent number: 11990943Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a security status of a wireless communication session comprising a back-haul link supporting a classical communication channel between a wireless access point and a wireless mobility core network. The classical communication channel is adapted to transport underlying data of the wireless communication session and, responsive to determining a change in the security status, associating with the wireless communication session a quantum communication channel adapted to transport information via qubits. Information is exchanged between the wireless access point and the mobility core network via the qubits of the quantum communication channel, wherein the exchanging of the information via the qubits enhances a security level of the wireless communication session in view of a perceived threat. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Moshiur Rahman
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Patent number: 11989333Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to install a guest virtual machine on a physical host; identifying a UUID of the physical host; generating a virtual machine reference value; defining a modified UUID of the guest virtual machine comprising the UUID of the physical host and the virtual machine reference value; and assigning the modified UUID to the guest virtual machine, the physical host being identifiable via the modified UUID of the guest virtual machine. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Srinandan Hullahalli
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Patent number: 11991634Abstract: A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for or both the use of long extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) and long power saving mode (PSM) without having to wait for the activity timer expiration.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Jeff Bartlett
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Patent number: 11991645Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to determining a response by a user equipment to a signal from a base station based on transmission signal strength relayed with the signal in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include receiving initial signal from base station equipment, with the initial signal encoding a signal strength of the base station transmission, which can facilitate establishing a connection between the user equipment and the base station equipment. The method can further include, based on the signal strength value, estimating a likelihood that a response signal from the user equipment would be able to reach base station equipment. Further, the method can include, based on the estimated likelihood, determine a response to initial signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Stawiarski
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Patent number: 11987356Abstract: A method includes determining current coordinates and a current elevation setting of a first unmanned aerial vehicle that is to be deployed to a candidate location for a microwave radio dish, receiving expected coordinates and an expected elevation setting of a second unmanned aerial vehicle that is deployed to a location of an existing cellular base station, calculating an angle necessary to direct a flash of light from the first unmanned aerial vehicle toward the expected coordinates and expected elevation setting of the second unmanned aerial vehicle, adjusting a current angle of an optical system of the first unmanned aerial vehicle to match the angle that is calculated, and sending a dataset to a centralized computing device, wherein the dataset includes at least an elevation setting of the first unmanned aerial vehicle at a time of capture of an image of the flash by the second unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Charles Stahulak, Daniel Redmond
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Patent number: 11983189Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first ontology of a first type of data pipeline component, map the first ontology to a second ontology for a second type of data pipeline component that is stored in a catalog of data pipeline component types, provide a second data schema for the second type of data pipeline component as a template for a first data schema for the first type of data pipeline component, and add the first type of data pipeline component to the catalog of data pipeline component types, where the adding comprises storing the first ontology and the first data schema for the first type of data pipeline component in the catalog of data pipeline component types.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Fan, Jeffrey Aaron, Sanjay Agraharam, Arun Gupta, Michelle Martens, Steven Polston
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Patent number: 11983646Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, system and apparatus that enable operations that may include receiving, by a processing system, project data defining a proposed machine learning (ML) project of an entity and storing the project data in a project database with other project data for other projects. The operations may further include extracting extracted features of the proposed project and, based on the extracted features, determining a clustering assignment for the proposed project. Determining the clustering assignment may comprise comparing information about the proposed project including the extracted features with information about the other projects and assigning the proposed project to a cluster including one or more projects having similar bias characteristics as the proposed project. The operations may further include determining a risk of potential bias for the proposed project and, based on the risk of bias, recommending a corrective action to reduce the risk of bias.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Emily Dodwell, Balachander Krishnamurthy, Rajat Malik, Ritwik Mitra
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Patent number: 11983925Abstract: An example method includes calculating a plurality of scores for a test media clip using a plurality of authenticity algorithms, where the test media clip depicts a person, and wherein each authenticity algorithm of the plurality of authenticity algorithms generates a respective score of the plurality of scores which indicates a likelihood that the test media clip is authentic, testing each authenticity algorithm of the plurality of authenticity algorithms against a plurality of historical media clips, in order to determine, for the each authenticity algorithm, a reliability of the each algorithm in terms of being able to estimate authenticity, deriving a plurality of weights based on the testing, wherein each weight of the plurality of weights is associated with one algorithm of the plurality of authenticity algorithms, and computing a cumulative authenticity score for the test media clip, by aggregating the plurality of scores weighted by the plurality of weights.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Joseph Soryal
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Patent number: 11979767Abstract: An example method includes receiving a first signal indicating that a user of a first user endpoint device wishes to engage in a data transfer with a second device over a communication network, estimating at least one metric associated with the data transfer, sending the at least one metric associated with the data transfer to a remote server, and initiating the data transfer with the second device in accordance with a temporarily adjusted throughput that is adjusted by the remote server in response to the at least one metric associated with the data transfer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: John Bulger, Yupeng Jia, Prabhakara Aithal
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Patent number: 11978288Abstract: A smart communications hub can enable management of driverless and/or autonomous vehicles. Separating current wireless data from driverless vehicle sensor data can allow for quicker resolutions involving driverless vehicles. The smart communications hub can communicate to other groups such as driverless vehicle providers, service providers, vehicle management, law enforcement, etc. The smart communications hub can also process request from both mobile applications and micro-service applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Kaveri Raman
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Patent number: 11979521Abstract: Data stream based event sequence anomaly detection for mobility customer fraud analysis is presented herein. A system obtains a sequence of events comprising respective modalities of communication that correspond to a subscriber identity associated with a communication service—the sequence of events having occurred within a defined period. Based on defined classifiers representing respective fraudulent sequences of events, the system determines, via a group of machine learning models corresponding to respective machine learning processes, whether the sequence of events satisfies a defined condition with respect to likelihood of representing a fraudulent sequence of events of the respective fraudulent sequences of events. In response to the sequence of events being determined to satisfy the defined condition, the system sends, via a user interface of the system, a notification indicating that the sequence of events has been determined to represent the fraudulent sequence of events.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ryan Steckel, Ana Armenta, Prince Paulraj, Chih Chien Huang
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Patent number: 11979313Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a routing device in a network, the routing device including an ingress/egress linecard; another linecard; a fabric; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of maintaining a forwarding information base (FIB) for routes through the routing device; moving low-volume routes of the FIB to the another linecard; and moving high-volume routes of the FIB to the ingress/egress linecard, wherein the ingress/egress linecard looks up a route of an incoming data packet, determines whether the incoming data packet bears a high-volume route prefix, forwards the incoming data packet bearing the high-volume route prefix through the fabric and out of the routing device, and sends the incoming data packet bearing a low-volume route prefix through the fabric to the another linecard, and wherein the another linecard forwards the incoming dType: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Thomas Spencer, IV
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Patent number: 11979371Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include establishing a wireless connection to a wireless network. The operations can further include receiving, via the wireless connection, data from a gateway device, that has been communicated via a network device of a publicly accessible network, wherein the data has been compared, by the gateway device, to a template of anomalous activity.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Mike Iapalucci, Myra Agostino, Zhi Cui, Jason Robbins, Gregory Stockman
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Patent number: 11975734Abstract: A method includes monitoring environmental conditions surrounding a moving vehicle, using an on-board sensor of the moving vehicle, detecting that at least one of the environmental conditions surrounding the moving vehicle is likely to impair visibility for a driver of the moving vehicle, based on an output of the on-board sensor, acquiring static map data for a location surrounding the moving vehicle, acquiring real time sensor data for the location surrounding the moving vehicle, where the real time sensor data comprises outputs of a plurality of on-board sensors of a plurality of other vehicles, generating an augmented reality view of the location surrounding the moving vehicle, using the static map data, the real time sensor data, and the output of the on-board sensor, and displaying the augmented reality view of the location surrounding the moving vehicle on a display within the moving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Iftekhar Alam, Wasib Khallil, Jonathan Chang, Bhumit Patel
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Patent number: 11979486Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, from a user device, a master-slave agreement and a first network configuration for a federated blockchain network, transmitting to a cloud service provider (CSP) node the first network configuration, generating first credentials, and transmitting the first credentials to the CSP node. The CSP node configures a first group of blockchain nodes according to the first network configuration and the first credentials. Further embodiments include transmitting the first credentials to a public server that sends it to a public blockchain node and an indication to generate a portion of the federated blockchain network. The public blockchain node configures a second group of blockchain nodes according to a second network configuration based on a public blockchain smart contract. The federated blockchain network comprises the first group of blockchain nodes and the second group of blockchain nodes. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Thyge Knuhtsen, Rod Cruz, Humayun Arif, Rene Dufrene
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Patent number: 11979387Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first plurality of encrypted traffic flows traversing a communication network, performing a first classification, wherein a result of the first classification identifies a traffic type associated with each encrypted traffic flow of the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows, and wherein the first classification is based on a traffic pattern of the each encrypted traffic flow, performing a second classification, wherein a result of the second classification identifies a traffic type associated with each server name indication from which the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows is associated, and wherein the second classification is based on the result of the first classification, and performing a third classification identifying a traffic type associated with each encrypted traffic flow of the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows, wherein the third classification is based on a combination of the results of the first classification and the second classification.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectu al Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhengye Liu, Donglin Hu, Jin Wang
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Patent number: 11979290Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for parallelizing service function chains.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Bo Han, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Muhammad Bilal Anwer, Zhi-Li Zhang, Yang Zhang
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Patent number: 11974147Abstract: An architecture for providing an on-demand dynamic cloudlet instantiation by leveraging a grouping of software defined network devices and their respective associated analytics modules. A method can comprise receiving quality of service data representing a 5G small cell device of a group of 5G small cell devices; generating a policy rule representing a predictive policy to facilitate an instantiation of a dynamic on-demand cloudlet node into a fog of dynamic on-demand cloudlet node instantiations; and facilitating the instantiation of the dynamic on-demand cloudlet node into the fog, by a hybrid fiber coaxial device, based on the policy rule and an indication received from the hybrid fiber coaxial that a traffic surge in communications with the 5G small cell device has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Moshiur Rahman, Shrikant Acharya
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Patent number: 11971713Abstract: An architecture to provision one-stop parking, charging, storage, and/or maintenance facilities and/or functionalities for drone equipment. A method can comprise identifying a drone entering a defined airspace monitored by the network equipment; in response to establishing a communication channel with the drone, receiving data representing a physical dimension associated with the drone; based on the physical dimension associated with the drone, allocating a space within a defined area to which the drone is to navigate and then cease moving; and sending, to the drone via the communication channel, notification data that notifies the drone to navigate to the space.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Jackie Chen, Kevin Ackerman, Clayton Cotton, Roque Rios, III
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Patent number: 11974375Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may detect at least one dark zone in a vicinity of a user, determine at least one lighting feature for an illumination of the at least one dark zone in accordance with a user profile of the user, identify at least one light source to provide the illumination of the at least one dark area in accordance with the at least one lighting feature that is determined, and transmit an instruction to the at least one light source to provide the illumination of the at least one dark zone in accordance with the at least one lighting feature that is determined.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ginger Chien, Zhi Cui, Eric Zavesky, Robert T. Moton, Jr., Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Koch
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Patent number: 11974146Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example generating, by a first Core Intelligent Controller (CIC) comprising a first processing system including a first processor, first data indicative of one or more first control functions that have been carried out by the first CIC, the first CIC being part of a wireless communication system; communicating, by the first CIC to a Service Intelligent Controller (SIC) comprising a second processing system including a second processor, the first data, the SIC being part of the wireless communication system; generating, by a first RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) comprising a third processing system including a third processor, second data indicative of one or more first radio access functions that have been carried out by the first RIC, the first RIC being part of the wireless communication system; communicating, by the first RIC to the SIC, the second data; generating, by the SIC, third data, the generating of the third data being based at least in part uponType: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Bo Lee, Paul Edward Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 11974141Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitate allocating resources to zones for IOT equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. An example method discussed herein includes identifying, by carrier allocation equipment, carrier transmission information corresponding to transmission of a first carrier signal configured to support Internet of things equipment. The method can further comprise analyzing, by the carrier allocation equipment, the carrier transmission information to determine coverage information corresponding to a potential for coverage, by the first carrier signal, of an Internet of things equipment support zone corresponding to a geographic area. The method can further include, based on the coverage information, facilitating configuring transmission parameter information, representative of a transmission parameter applicable to the coverage of the Internet of things equipment support zone by the first carrier signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Shomik Pathak, James P. Daves, Iftekhar Alam
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Patent number: 11968617Abstract: Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei, Paul Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 11967147Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may detect a first location and a first orientation of an augmented reality endpoint device of a user at a venue, identify an entryway of a first enclosed space of the venue that is within a first field-of-view of the augmented reality endpoint device in accordance with the first location and the first orientation of the augmented reality endpoint device, and present, via the augmented reality endpoint device, first visual information of the first enclosed space. The first visual information may include first imagery of the first enclosed space and may be presented within the first field-of-view.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Proerty I, L.P.Inventors: Barrett Kreiner, James Pratt, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert T. Moton, Jr., Walter Cooper Chastain, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
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Patent number: 11957526Abstract: Methods, systems, and products monitor a person's regimen for medicinal and dietary restrictions. When the person's regimen requires a liquid medication or supplement, an oral instrument is commanded to dispense a dosage of fluid. The oral instrument stores a reservoir of the fluid. If the oral instrument is a spoon, for example, the spoon may automatically dispense cough syrup or other medicine. A toothbrush, likewise, may automatically dispense mouthwash. A sensor may confirm presence of the oral instrument in the person's mouth, thus ensuring the dosage of fluid is ingested.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Kevin A. Li, Troy C. Meuninck, Robert Raymond Miller, II, James H. Pratt, Horst J. Schroeter, Behzad Shahraray
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Patent number: 11962392Abstract: Synchronized satellite communications can include receiving, at a computer having a processor, a data request that identifies a requesting device, data to be received by the requesting device, and a time at which the data is to be received by the requesting device. The processor can determine a geographic location of the requesting device and locations of a plurality of satellites; identify, based on the geographic location of the requesting device and the locations of the plurality of satellites, satellites that are to provide the data to the requesting device; generate instructions for loading network requirements to the satellites; and provide, to at least one of the satellites, the instructions. Additionally, embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can be used to provide the same data and/or different data to multiple devices at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Nigel Bradley
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Patent number: 11963084Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining, by a processing system, real-time information regarding a state of a communication network and capabilities of the communication network; selecting a routing for delivering a message to user equipment (UE) coupled to the network, in accordance with the real-time information; and configuring a messaging path according to the routing. The method further includes detecting whether the UE is in a non-active state and if so, providing a notification on a user plane data path of the communication network; the UE on returning to an active state thus is notified that the message is available via the user plane data path. If the UE on returning to the active state is unable to receive the message via the user plane data path, the message is then provided on a control plane signaling path. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Nish Sanghavi, Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak
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Patent number: 11962568Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards locating and counting unused nodes, such as free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address blocks. A hierarchical structure of nodes is created from an origin block to a specified lower level, and the hierarchical structure is processed using mapping and eliminating to locate free nodes. A first node group comprises node(s) in use, a second node group identifies intermediate subnets between the first node of the first node group and the specified origin block, and a third node group identifies any subnets hierarchically below node(s) in use. Unused (free) node count information is obtained based on nodes below the origin block that are not in the first node group, the second node group, or the third node group.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaowen Mang, Anestis Karasaridis
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Patent number: 11961101Abstract: A method includes defining a first specification for a first network slice, determining a first equilibrium value for a first time period for the first network slice offering, receiving a first bid price for the first network slice for the first time period from a first customer, comparing the first equilibrium value to the first bid price; and providing services using the network slice to the customer during the time period in accordance with the first specification and the bid price if the bid price meets or exceeds the equilibrium value.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Abbas Kiani, Seyed Hashemi
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Patent number: 11962670Abstract: A content selection server including a processor configured to receive personal preference information from a plurality of personal media devices, select content based on the personal preference information, and provide playback of the content.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Bernard Ku, Weidong Hu, Armstrong Soo
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Patent number: 11963033Abstract: Systems and methods for managing network traffic receives, at a grade of service device, network traffic information for a plurality of network traffic channels from a network device separate from the grade of service device. The network traffic information is compared to a threshold to determine a behavior value for each network traffic channel. Each network traffic channel is mapped to a grade of service according to the behavior value.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Aline Fichou, Aurelien Bruno, Diana Toll
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Patent number: 11962394Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an aerial base station determining operating frequencies of terrestrial base stations, and taking one or more actions to reduce the potential for interference between the aerial base station and the terrestrial base stations. Actions taken by the aerial base station may include changing frequency, changing altitude, changing location, and changing transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Mikolaj Stawiarski
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Patent number: 11962438Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot sequence length, designating, from the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, a first group of orthogonal pilot sequences for use in the first cell, and distributing, to each neighboring cell of a plurality of neighboring cells adjacent to the first cell, a respective group of orthogonal pilot sequences from a remainder of the plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences, to prevent pilot contamination between the first cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Weihua Ye
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Patent number: 11962514Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for parallel data processing for service function chains with network functions spanning multiple servers. An example system includes a first server hosting a first network function of a service function chain, a second server hosting a second network function of the service function chain, a mirror function deployed in a first switch to replicate a plurality of packets received by the system and to send respective copies of the plurality of packets to the first network function and to at least one of the second network function and a third network function of the service function chain, and a merge function deployed in a second switch to merge respective outputs of the first network function and the at least one of the second network function and the third network function.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Bo Han, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Muhammad Bilal Anwer, Zhi-Li Zhang, Yang Zhang
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Patent number: 11956302Abstract: The present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for an IPv4-to-IPv6 redirect to enable use of application function-specific user endpoint identifiers (AF-specific UEIds).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Shahram Mohajeri, Thomas Cannon