Patents Assigned to AT&T Mobility II LLC
  • Publication number: 20230199266
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user device that attaches to a radio access network of a mobile network and requests services. The user device creates a virtual network function on the device to support the service. The virtual network function may include a user plane virtual network function, a control plane virtual network function, or both. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Arturo Maria
  • Publication number: 20230199455
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including 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 determining network capacity to provide an enhanced experience to user equipment running an application; determining whether the user equipment features can provide the enhanced experience, wherein the determination is based in part on capability, location and subscription status; and responsive to a determination of adequate network capacity and adequate user equipment features, offering the enhanced experience through the application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Arnold Schrider, Christopher McNair Wood, Richard Zaffino, Jason Sikes, Patrick Hendricks, Matthew Wallace
  • Publication number: 20230199657
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: AT &T Intellectual Property I, L. P., AT &T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Jeff Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20230188650
    Abstract: A method includes determining a broadband bandwidth and a resource usage pattern, according to unused data capacity information that is based on monitoring data capacity retained by wireless communication servers, and assigning a first portion of the broadband bandwidth for receiving first content from the wireless communication servers. The assigning of the first portion of the broadband bandwidth causes a first mapping of the first content for delivery by a first group of the wireless communication servers according to the first portion of the broadband bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: AT & T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stalin Albanes, Allenn Han, Ming-Ju Ho
  • Patent number: 11677874
    Abstract: A device for providing a communication service is provided. The device receives an address for establishing a communication session. Environmental data from an environment of the device is collected. The device determines whether the address corresponds to a communication recipient for which the environmental data is to be sent to supplement the communication session. A request for the communication session is placed based on the address, and the communication session is established upon answer of the request. The environmental data is sent over the wireless network and to the communication recipient after establishing the communication session with the communication recipient and determining that the address corresponds to the communication recipient for which the environmental data is to be sent to supplement the communication service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventor: Ginger Chien
  • Publication number: 20230180050
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first quality-of-service (QoS) information associated with a first communication session between a first communication device and a radio element of a wireless network, the first communication session comprising a first communication that is transmitted from the first communication device to the radio element; determining, based at least in part upon the first QoS information, whether the first communication is to be processed by one or more first servers of an edge node of a packet core network, the determining resulting in a first determination; responsive to the first determination being that the first communication is to be processed by the one or more first servers of the edge node, directing the first communication from the radio element to the edge node, the directing of the first communication to the edge node facilitating a providing of a first latency to the first communication; and responsive to the first determination being that
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Mark Austin, Zachary Meredith
  • Patent number: 11670419
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating operation of a health network control system. In accordance with one or more embodiments, systems described herein can include a processor, and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, can facilitate performance of operations that can include facilitating receiving, from transceiver of a second device, a first signal that can describe an event related to treatment of the treatment subject. Further, the operations can include, based on an analysis of the subject information, the event information and facility information representative of a group of treatment facilities, selecting a treatment facility that can perform the treatment of the treatment subject, resulting in a selected treatment facility, and facilitating communicating via a second signal to the transceiver of the second device, selected facility information corresponding to the selected treatment facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Prathima Simha, Benjamin Bell, Craig Leonardi, Robert Sloan, Scott Agnew, Scott Mendoza, Mingwun Li
  • Patent number: 11663825
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing media content to recognize an object therein, wherein the media content is provided as a video stream displayed to a user of a communication device, the media content comprising a plurality of digital frames transported to the communication device over a private network; associating product information of a product with the object; receiving a user input selecting the object; determining providers of goods or services of the product, wherein the providers of goods or services are selected during the determining based on a proximity of the providers to the user of the communication device; and providing the product information to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Manouchehr Bagheri
  • Patent number: 11665215
    Abstract: Personalized content delivery (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise: a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: determining a quality of service metric representative of a quality of service of streamed content delivered via a content delivery network, determining a quality of experience metric representative of a quality of experience associated with a user profile of a consumer of the streamed content, and based on the quality of service and the quality of experience, modifying the streamed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Jing Guo, Eric Petajan, Jessica Owensby, James Pratt
  • Patent number: 11656361
    Abstract: Selective broadcast of corrective vehicle positioning information using a hyper-precise-positioning (HPP) proxy is presented herein. A system can obtain satellite navigation correction data; assign respective portions of the satellite navigation correction data to defined geographical regions to facilitate respective point-to-multipoint wireless broadcasts of the respective portions of the satellite navigation correction data to respective vehicles that have been determined to be located within the defined geographical regions; and distribute, via respective signaling planes, broadcast requests comprising the respective portions of the satellite navigation correction data to respective wireless access point devices to facilitate the respective point-to-multipoint wireless broadcasts of the respective portions of the satellite navigation correction data—such satellite navigation correction data facilitating correction of satellite navigation data that has been received by the respective vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Julius Mueller, Erie Lai Har Lau, Reza Hussain Hussaini, Hendrawan Susanto
  • Patent number: 11658697
    Abstract: Embodiments for port reconfiguration for passive intermodulation interference mitigation are presented herein. A base station device comprises a signal processing component comprising a passive intermodulation interference component and an antenna configuration component. The passive intermodulation interference component determines passive intermodulation interference corresponding to uplink signals that have been received, via a configurable cellular antenna array of the base station device, from respective wireless devices of a group of wireless devices that have been communicatively coupled to the base station device. The antenna configuration component selects a defined configuration of a group of cellular antenna ports of the configurable cellular antenna array to facilitate a reduction of the passive intermodulation interference corresponding to the uplink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ernest Tsui, Michael Taylor, Weihua Ye, Young Suh, Paul Maxwell, Guanying Ru, James Hollister
  • Patent number: 11657705
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies directed to an integrated telecommunications roadside unit for supporting vehicle-to-everything (“V2X”) communications are disclosed herein. Embodiments of an integrated telecommunications roadside unit can include a processor and a memory that store computer-executable instructions that configure a processor to perform operations. The operations can include intercepting a vehicle-to-vehicle communication that is provided from a first vehicle to a second vehicle. The vehicle-to-vehicle communication can be transmitted using a direct transmission mode. The operations can further include encapsulating the vehicle-to-vehicle communication in a user plane package. The operations can also include routing the user plane package to a destination network access node, where the destination network access node is outside of a direct communication range corresponding to the first vehicle and the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Zachery Carter, Roger Mahler, Erie Lai Har Lau, Sangar Dowlatkhah
  • Patent number: 11658821
    Abstract: When a network element attempts to establish a session with another network element, a security verification agent may be activated in one or both network elements. The security verification agents, such as front-end processors, virtual network functions, or other software agents, may reside in each of the network elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Arturo Maria
  • Patent number: 11659357
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with the communication device using control-plane signaling. The timing advance data is processed using location data regarding the network element to determine a geolocation of the communication device. The geolocation is stored at a storage device; the network device and storage device are included in a secure portion of the network. The geolocation is provided to equipment of a network customer accessing the secure portion of the network via a secure interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Bartlett, Jordan Alexander, Thomas Becker
  • Patent number: 11658938
    Abstract: A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Mark Austin, Shahab Azmoudeh, Joseph Dorsey, Victor Nilson, Christopher Sambar, Jerald Weber
  • Patent number: 11659415
    Abstract: Facilitating antenna farm intelligent software defined networking enabled dynamic resource controller networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise evaluating a condition, the condition being at a mobile device, and a characteristic related to a defined network service associated with a connection to the mobile device. The operations can also comprise selectively modifying a quantity of antennas utilized to provide the connection to the mobile device based on the condition being determined to influence a level of service associated with the defined network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah, Zhi Cui, Paul Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11659253
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, dividing a media content item into a plurality of media content segments, at each media content segment of the plurality of media content segments, applying motion estimation between at least two video frames of the media content segment to determine a content weight for the media content segment, determining a bit rate for the media content segment according to the determined content weight for the media content segment, and encoding the media content segment at the determined bit rates to generate a data stream for the media content segment, whereby a plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content are generated, and transmitting the plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content to the one or more media devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Jun Shen
  • Publication number: 20230156092
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, selecting a first edge device of a first network to provide a part of a service to a communication device, establishing a first session between the first edge device and a device of a second network for a duration of the service, wherein the first session is associated with a first portion of an address, establishing a second session between the first edge device and the communication device in accordance with an access technology to facilitate a transfer of first data associated with the first part of the service to the communication device, wherein the second session is associated with a second portion of the address, and wherein the second portion of the address identifies the access technology, and transferring the first data to the communication device in accordance with the address, wherein the address comprises a third portion that identifies the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah
  • Publication number: 20230156045
    Abstract: A streaming orchestrator may monitor the quality of video being delivered to a home or other building. If the streaming orchestrator determines that additional performance is needed, it may create an additional User Plane Gateway in the virtual “white box” environment residing in the customer premises. The streaming orchestrator may instruct gNodeBs to continue to route traffic back to the central core functions or to route traffic to local user plane gateways which transmit video streams to the Internet via localized high-speed connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Arturo Maria
  • Patent number: 11651322
    Abstract: Wireless presence is used as a theft prevention mechanism for packages. When a package is shipped, the package includes a wireless security device. Before the package is delivered to its final destination shipping address, the wireless security device is activated and programmed with a security credential. The security credential, though, is based on information obtained during an initial purchase. The wireless security device may thus only be deactivated by a recipient participating in the initial purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II, LLC
    Inventors: Mario Kosseifi, Joseph Thomas