Patents by Inventor Nigel Bradley

Nigel Bradley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220374910
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may be used to create a property archivist that can enable automated customer service, in which an electronic inventory may be automatically generated and used to assist in resolving customer service needs. In an example, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory coupled with the processor that effectuates operations. The operations may include detecting a product; based on the detection, adding the product to a property archive, wherein the property archive comprises a profile for plurality of products at a location; obtaining an indication of a problem with the product; based on the detected problem, initiating a service request for the product; automatically diagnosing the problem to determine a resolution; and based on the determined resolution, automatically purchasing a part of the product and shipping the part for the product to a location of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Koch, Nikhil Marathe, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Eric Zavesky, Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley
  • Patent number: 11507955
    Abstract: Services for trust conveyances of entities can be provided and managed. In connection with a transaction between first and second devices, a trust management component (TMC) can indicate trust levels of entities associated with the devices with regard to the transaction and/or an action attempted by an entity. With regard to an action attempted by the first entity, the trust level of the first entity can be evaluated to determine whether it is high enough to allow the action to proceed or to have the second entity respond to the action accordingly. If it is not high enough, the second entity, using the second device, can request a trust conveyance from the first entity via the TMC. The TMC can adjust the respective trust levels based on the outcome(s) of the action(s) of the respective entities with regard to executing the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, Timothy Innes
  • Patent number: 11509812
    Abstract: A system of cameras can be used to generate a complete field of view within an edge network. For example, one camera can have a field of view where part of the view is obstructed by an object and/or by the camera's orientation. Yet another camera that is a part of the edge network can supplement the view of the first camera by providing an alternate view. The two views can be stitched together by a coordinate system such that a complete field of view can be utilized by both cameras. Additionally, where a field of view is not available by any stationary camera, the system can dispatch a mobile camera to help supplement the views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20220366455
    Abstract: Sensors may detect a user's locations and interest level of a product. Based on the interest level, messages may be sent to a server in order to obtain information, such as location, about a category of products and further display the obtained information to a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Koch, Nikhil Marathe, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Eric Zavesky, Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20220366338
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, the contextual presentation of steps to perform a task. A virtual assistant may search a task server to retrieve a list steps to perform a task in response to a request from a user. The list of steps may include instructions, dependency information, and owner information. The virtual assistant may then work collaboratively with the user to perform the list steps in the task. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20220360348
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable medium with executable instructions that facilitate performance of operations by a processor including receiving a registration for a trajectory of a satellite; estimating a zone of occupancy at a future time for the satellite; determining an interference of the satellite from the zone of occupancy at the future time; determining a deconfliction for minimizing or eliminating the interference; and sending the deconfliction to a controller of the satellite. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James H. Pratt, Nigel Bradley, David Crawford Gibbon, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20220358088
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media consumption database that stores data elements describing conditions under which electronic media content is consumed by a user on an electronic device. A search of the media consumption database based on at least a portion of the conditions may result in at least a portion of the electronic media content to be re-presented to an electronic device of the user Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20220357827
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual assistant that includes 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 creating a normalized profile for a user of the virtual assistant device; identifying an anomaly deviating from the normalized profile over a threshold time period during use of the virtual assistant device; and changing an interface of the virtual assistant device to accommodate the identified anomaly. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20220352976
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20220346685
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data from a plurality of sensors at a first point in time, analyzing the data to identify a first level of alertness of a user, predicting a second level of alertness that is required by the user to operate a machine at a second point in time that is subsequent to the first point in time, comparing the first level of alertness to the second level of alertness to generate a first comparison result, identifying a first type of a first notification based on the first comparison result, identifying a third point in time to provide the first notification based on the first comparison result, wherein the third point in time is subsequent to the first point in time and prior to the second point in time, and providing the first notification at the third point in time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky
  • Publication number: 20220341743
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a user input that defines an avoidance rule and that associates the avoidance rule with a plurality of applications installed on a user device, where the avoidance rule relates to content, associating the avoidance rule with the applications responsive to receiving the user input, monitoring data received at the applications, based on detecting that a first portion of first data received at a first application satisfies the avoidance rule, preventing the first application from presenting the first portion of the first data on the user device, and based on identifying, according to information received at the first application or a second application, that a discussion or event occurring at a geographic location satisfies the avoidance rule, causing a first notification regarding the discussion or event to be presented by the user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20220343347
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may provide for the auto-determination of partial usage of a physical environment and use derived intelligence to take various actions. This may allow for partial resulting maintenance of the physical environment based on a single use or use over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Koch, Nikhil Marathe, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Eric Zavesky, Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20220345778
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining metadata associated with media content to be presented, wherein the metadata identifies different portions of the media content demarcated by timestamps, during presenting of a first portion of the media content on a display device, monitoring a consumption of the media content by a user, detecting a command provided by the user, analyzing the command, determining, based on the analyzing and based on the metadata, that the user desires that a second portion of the media content be played back by the display device and, responsive to the determining, causing the display device to switch from presenting the first portion of the media content to presenting the second portion of the media content based on a particular timestamp that corresponds to the second portion of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20220345327
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, from a network server device, first information regarding a first device, generating a media control package based on the first information, wherein the media control package relates to primary content to be presented, wherein the primary content is associated with a first timestamp that corresponds to a first event or context in the primary content, and wherein the media control package includes a first instruction for controlling the first device when a playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp, and causing the media control package to be provided to the network server device to enable augmentation of a presentation of the first event or context via control of the first device, in accordance with the first instruction, when the playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20220342948
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first communication device associated with a first user, identifying, based on the identifying of the first communication device associated with the first user, at least one profile, wherein the at least one profile is associated with the first user, a second user that is different from the first user, or a combination thereof, providing at least one option to the first communication device based on an analysis of data included in the at least one profile, receiving a selection of a first option included in the at least one option, performing a search for content based on the receiving of the selection of the first option, generating search results based on the search, and providing the search results to the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Koch, Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20220345504
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains physical and social environmental data for a communication device user, and provides content for presentation at the device. First reaction data, obtained via sensors associated with the user, indicate the user's reaction to presentation of the content; the data is analyzed to determine user affinity for the content in a context of the physical and social environments. The content is modified during the presentation; second reaction data is obtained and analyzed to determine a second user affinity for the modified content. If the affinity is enhanced, the modified content is sent to other users' equipment via a social network. Affinity responses regarding the modified content are analyzed, and a set of users is identified as an affinity group; additional content is transmitted to equipment of the affinity group. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, James Pratt, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20220342947
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first communication device associated with a first user, identifying, based on the identifying of the first communication device associated with the first user, at least one profile associated with at least a second user that is different from the first user, performing a search for content based on the at least one profile, generating search results based on the search, and providing the search results to the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Koch, Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, Rashmi Palamadai, Ari Craine
  • Patent number: 11481181
    Abstract: An audio generation system is provided to enable coordinated control of multiple IoT devices for audio collection and distribution of one or more audio sources according to location and user preference. The audio generation system enables a location sensitive acoustic control of sound, both as a shaped envelope for a particular source, and as an individualized experience. The audio generation system also facilitates an interactive visual system for visualization and manipulation of the audio environment including via the use of augmented reality and/or virtual reality to depict soundscapes. The audio generation system can also facilitate a system for improving and achieving an audio environment (sound influence zone) and an intuitive way to understand where sounds will be heard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley, Nikhil Marathe
  • Publication number: 20220317272
    Abstract: Using scent fingerprints and sound fingerprints for location and proximity determinations can include detecting a movement of a user device relative to an environment, and determining if a fingerprint associated with the user device and the environment is available. The fingerprint can include a sound fingerprint, a scent fingerprint, and usage data defining resource usage of the user device at the environment, The fingerprint associated with the user device and the environment can be obtained with an instance of sensor data including a scent detected at the user device and a sound detected at the user device. Based on the instance of sensor data and the fingerprint associated with the user device and the environment, a location and proximity of the user device can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20220319117
    Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes rendering an extended reality environment, receiving a request from a user endpoint device of a first user in the extended reality environment to place an avatar of the first user in the extended reality environment, placing the avatar of the first user within the extended reality environment, detecting that a second user is attempting to interact with the avatar of the first user, detecting conditions surrounding the avatar of the first user, identifying, based on the conditions, a set of candidate avatar personas for the first user, selecting a first avatar persona from among the set of candidate avatar personas, and rendering the avatar of the first user with the first avatar persona in the extended reality environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, James Pratt