Patents Assigned to AT&T Labs, Inc.
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Patent number: 8768961Abstract: Systems and methods of processing database search queries are provided. A method of processing database search queries includes receiving a database query from a query source. The method also includes determining location information associated with the query source based at least partially on an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the database query. The method further includes determining, based at least partially on the location information, whether the query source satisfies a required source attribute. The method also includes withholding information requested by the database query when the required source attribute is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventor: Balachander Krishnamurthy
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Publication number: 20130156179Abstract: A method processes and conditionally routes a call. The method includes receiving a call from a caller, determining a telephone number of the caller, and determining if the telephone number of the caller is a telephone number assigned to a specific individual. The method also includes accessing an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the specific individual when the telephone number of the caller is determined to be assigned to a specific individual, prompting the caller to select a language preference when the specific individual does not have a stored language preference, and storing the language preference selected by the caller based on the prompting in an electronic database. The method further includes routing the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the specific individual in the electronic database.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: AT&T LABS, INC.Inventor: AT&T LABS, INC.
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Publication number: 20130088989Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing subscriber load distribution in networks are disclosed. For example, the method receives capacity data and user equipment (UE) resource consumption data from a plurality of devices that process call control signaling messages within the communication network. The method receives a first request from one of the plurality of devices to re-register one or more selected user equipment, and selects at least one available device from the plurality of devices. The method then re-registers the one or more selected user equipment on the at least one available device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Eric Noel, Mark Ratcliffe
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Patent number: 8391446Abstract: A method that processes and conditionally routes a call. The method includes receiving a call from a caller, determining a telephone number of the caller, and determining if the telephone number of the caller is a telephone number assigned to a specific individual. The method also includes accessing an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the specific individual when the telephone number of the caller is determined to be assigned to a specific individual. The method further includes routing the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the specific individual in the electronic database, and routing the call to a first default destination when the telephone number of the caller is determined to not be assigned to a specific individual.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Douglas F. Reynolds, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
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Publication number: 20120163563Abstract: A method that processes and conditionally routes a call. The method includes receiving a call from a caller, determining a telephone number of the caller, and determining if the telephone number of the caller is a telephone number assigned to a specific individual. The method also includes accessing an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the specific individual when the telephone number of the caller is determined to be assigned to a specific individual. The method further includes routing the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the specific individual in the electronic database, and routing the call to a first default destination when the telephone number of the caller is determined to not be assigned to a specific individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: AT&T LABS, INC.Inventors: Douglas F. REYNOLDS, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
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Patent number: 8155279Abstract: A method processes a call received from a caller over a communication network. The method determines a telephone number of the caller, and accesses an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the caller, the caller's stored language preference being associated with the caller's telephone number in the electronic database. The method also routs the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the caller in the electronic database.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Douglas F. Reynolds, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
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Patent number: 8149853Abstract: Ethernet wide area networks and methods are disclosed. A disclosed example Ethernet wide area network includes a first network Ethernet switch having a first network interface and a first service interface. The first service interface is to communicate with a first local area Ethernet switch. The network also includes a second network Ethernet switch having a second network interface and a second service interface. The second service interface is to communicate with the second local area Ethernet switch. The network also includes a root node network Ethernet switch having a third network interface to communicate with the first network interface with the first network Ethernet switch and a fourth network interface to communicate with the second network interface of the second network Ethernet switch.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Frederick Robert Chang, Shih Chung Soon
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Patent number: 8144852Abstract: A service to a user is prevented by providing, to the user, at least one communication link used to provide multiple services to the user. The plurality of services are activated over the at least one communication link. Transmission for the prevented service is prevented based on at least one characteristic of the at least one communication link over which the prevented service would be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Russell, Stephen Weinert
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Patent number: 8141115Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that effectuate multiple media coordination. The system can include devices and components that coordinate in real time the synchronization of multiple media streams to a multiplicity of diverse devices, distribute the multiple media streams to the various diverse devices, and control the distribution of the multiple media streams to the various devices from at least one of the various devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignees: AT&T Labs, Inc., Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Randolph Wohlert, Kaniz Mahdi
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Patent number: 8126121Abstract: A method of collecting information includes sending a text markup programming language query script, using a session initiation protocol message, to a communications device. The query script includes at least one location query to determine a location of the communications device. The method of collecting information also includes receiving a response to the query script including at least one response to the at least one location query from the communications device. The at least one response to the at least one location query is automatically generated by the communications device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Satish Parolkar, Vikram Bhavsar
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Patent number: 8103961Abstract: Designing user interfaces includes categorizing users, by at least one processor, into a predetermined number of behaviorally distinct groups each specified by behavioral characteristics. The users are re-categorized, by the at least one processor, into the predetermined number of new behaviorally distinct groups each specified by revised behavioral characteristics. The user interfaces are designed, by the at least one processor, based on describing and modeling at least one of the re-categorized users and the new behaviorally distinct groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Thomas Deelman, Jennifer M. Mauney
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Publication number: 20120009921Abstract: A communications network administers intelligent roaming capabilities and features in a mobile station. The network includes a central database to store intelligent roaming information corresponding to respective service providers; and a service database to store and forward information corresponding to the intelligent roaming information to be programmed into the mobile station, which information is updated periodically by the central database. The mobile station is connected to a mobile coverage area based on the forwarded information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: AT&T LABS, INC.Inventors: Jesse Bradley BRIDGES, Cameron Kelly COURSEY, Mark Steven WUTHNOW
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Patent number: 8064549Abstract: Systems and methods for performing joint demodulation using a Viterbi equalizer having an adaptive total number of states are disclosed. Generally, a method includes joint demodulating a desired signal and none or more interfering signals with a Viterbi equalizer having an adaptive total number of states based on channel impulse response (CIR) coefficients associated with a desired signal and the one or more interfering signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Kobylinski, David Randall Wolter
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Patent number: 8059536Abstract: Reducing connection overhead in a communications network includes reusing at least one cached communication channel connecting a source and a destination. The at least one cached communication channel is cached for a variable duration.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Yetik Serbest, Haifeng Bi, Samuel Sigarto
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Patent number: 8041011Abstract: A digital signal line echo reduction adaptor is configured to connect adjacent to a first end of a bridgetap line. The bridgetap line has a second end connected to a carrier communication line. The digital signal line echo reduction adaptor reduces an effect of echo from the bridgetap line on a rate of data transmission over the carrier communication line.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventor: Gregory David Olson
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Patent number: 8036348Abstract: A method of presenting instructions to a user sending an incoming communication to a service center includes presenting a menu to the user. The menu includes a plurality of procedure descriptors to the user. The user is presented, according to a selection of one of the procedure descriptors by the user, a sequence of instructions which enable completion of a procedure described by the selected procedure descriptor. The incoming communication is transferred at a position in the sequence of instructions to a representative. The incoming communication is also transferred back to the same position in the sequence of instructions.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Philip Ted Kortum, Robert R. Bushey
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Patent number: 8032173Abstract: A method for providing a wireless network connection between a device and a wireless network includes storing data related to wireless service providers. The method includes selecting at least one of the wireless service providers based on information related to at least one of services subscribed to by the device and characteristics of a selected wireless service provider. The method includes establishing the wireless network connection between the device and the selected wireless service provider.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Jesse Bradley Bridges, Cameron Kelly Coursey, Mark Steven Wuthnow
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Publication number: 20110206190Abstract: A method processes a call received from a caller over a communication network. The method determines a telephone number of the caller, and accesses an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the caller, the caller's stored language preference being associated with the caller's telephone number in the electronic database. The method also routs the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the caller in the electronic database.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: AT&T LABS, INC.Inventors: Douglas F. Reynolds, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
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Patent number: 7995563Abstract: The present invention is an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) based system and method that allows a subscriber connected to the Internet via a dial-up connection to receive caller identification information concerning an incoming telephone call. The information may be provided via a pop-up dialog box on the subscriber's display, which includes but is not limited to a monitor of a personal computer (PC). The information displayed to the subscriber includes the name and number of the calling party, if available. In addition, several disposition options are presented to the subscriber solely via the Internet which, upon selection, determine the handling of the incoming call.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Lee Adams, Laura Kay Culli, Michael Albert Machacek, Richard Everett Sabinson
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Publication number: 20110179379Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and system for providing communication circuit information from a communication system database of a communications facility information system via a graphical user interface are provided. A reroute option window that includes at least a circuit identifier input field is displayed on the graphical user interface. A circuit identifier entry is received from the circuit identifier input field. The communications system database of the communications facility information system is accessed, and a reroute path of a communication circuit that corresponds to the circuit identifier entry received from the circuit identifier input field is determined. The reroute path of the communication circuit is displayed on the graphical user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: AT&T LABS, INC.Inventors: Michael L. ALLEN, Craig E. BOSSE, Lisa A. BRICKHAUS, Ajay BUDHRAJA, Saul E. CARTER, Sherry CERUTTI, Brenda GIDEON, Terry J. JACKSON, Dmitri SAVINTSEV, Ronald D. STAGGS, Richard B. STOBAUGH, Cheryl WEISENBORN