Patents by Inventor William Cottrill
William Cottrill 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).
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Publication number: 20210020290Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating a medicine control action are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives at least one picture, the at least one picture comprising an image of one or more pills and a respective prescription bottle of each one of the one or more pills, determines the medicine control action is required in response to the receiving the at least one picture, establishes a data connection with an endpoint device in response to the determining, and initiates the medicine control action over the data connection to the endpoint device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill
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Publication number: 20210014232Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an access point, an access request from a first device after an expiration of a first passcode. The access request is encrypted based on the first passcode. The method includes making a determination by the access point before an expiration of a usage time of a first passcode usage list that an identifier of the first device is included in the first passcode usage list. The method also includes, in response to making the determination, generating, at the access point, data representing a second passcode by encrypting the second passcode using the first passcode; and sending the data representing the second passcode from the access point to the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Brandon B. Hilliard
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Patent number: 10880804Abstract: Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) devices that are not associated with a specific wireless carrier can be contractually operated as an extension of the specific Wi-Fi carrier. In this case, a display screen of a mobile device, that is currently communicating with the Wi-Fi device as an extension of the carrier, can display the carrier info. The display can be a result of a comparison between an internal mobile device data store and/or an external list that comprises the Wi-Fi devices that are acting as extensions of the carrier for a 5G network.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Natalia Schenck, Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill
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Patent number: 10873857Abstract: Dynamic wireless link security can be used to connect a wireless computing device to a wireless network. A determination is made as to the minimum level of security required and a wireless communication channel corresponding to that level of security is selected from among multiple, available wireless communication channels with varying levels of security. At least one of the wireless communication channels is an unencrypted channel with access control, which can be used when information is already encrypted or when encryption is not needed due to low sensitivity of the information. The determination can be made with user input or by inspecting metadata in content to be sent over the wireless link.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, Brandon Hilliard
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Publication number: 20200382410Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments and a method. The method includes iteratively providing messages to each Node Processor. Each Node Processor represents a node of a group of nodes. The iteratively providing of the messages comprises providing first messages. Each first message includes a cost associated with a path of nodes visited by each first message. A selected path is obtained from each node having a lowest cost of a group of common endpoint costs for paths having common endpoints. A next group of messages includes the selected path. The iteratively providing of the messages results in selected paths. Also, the method include determining a target path from a remaining path. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Zachary Meredith
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Patent number: 10834092Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for enabling access to restricted data using geofences. A system can identify a device associated with restricted data that includes network data that law prohibits the use of for commercial purposes without authorization. The system can determine use parameters associated with the device, each of the use parameters including a device identifier, a geofence, time limits, and an indication of purposes. The system can determine if the device is at a geographic location that satisfies the location that is defined by the geofence, if the time limits associated with the geofence are satisfied, and if a purpose for which the restricted data will be used matches a one of the purposes. If the system determines that the location, time limits, and purposes are satisfied, the system can use the restricted data for the purpose.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, Charles Michaelis
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Patent number: 10826907Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an access point, an access request from a first device after an expiration of a first passcode. The access request is encrypted based on the first passcode. The method includes making a determination by the access point before an expiration of a usage time of a first passcode usage list that an identifier of the first device is included in the first passcode usage list. The method also includes, in response to making the determination, generating, at the access point, data representing a second passcode by encrypting the second passcode using the first passcode; and sending the data representing the second passcode from the access point to the first device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Brandon B. Hilliard
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Patent number: 10812371Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments and a method. The method includes iteratively providing messages to each Node Processor. Each Node Processor represents a node of a group of nodes. The iteratively providing of the messages comprises providing first messages. Each first message includes a cost associated with a path of nodes visited by each first message. In addition, the method includes determining paths having common endpoints among a portion of the first messages, identifying a cost for each of the paths having common endpoints, identifying a lowest cost from among the group of common endpoint costs, identifying a selected path associated with the lowest cost. A next group of messages includes the selected path. The iteratively providing of the messages results in selected paths. Also, the method include determining a target path from a remaining path. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Zachary Meredith
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Patent number: 10796789Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating a medicine control action are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives at least one picture, the at least one picture comprising an image of one or more pills and a respective prescription bottle of each one of the one or more pills, determines the medicine control action is required in response to the receiving the at least one picture, establishes a data connection with an endpoint device in response to the determining, and initiates the medicine control action over the data connection to the endpoint device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill
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Publication number: 20200296464Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing first monitoring information associated with an audience that is viewing a presentation, determining an actual audience engagement level by performing pattern recognition on the first monitoring information, comparing the actual audience engagement level with an expected audience engagement level to generate an engagement score for the presentation, and transmitting, to a device, a haptic feedback according to the engagement score during the presenting of the presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Brandon B. Hilliard
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Publication number: 20200287809Abstract: A mobile communications device may determine whether to report information regarding operation of the mobile device on a mobile network. The determination may be based on a reporting parameter set by a network control device and received via a broadcast message from a radio access node. The mobile device may compare the value of the reporting parameter to a randomly generated number. Based on the comparison, the mobile device may determine whether or not to provide information regarding operation of the mobile device or the radio access node to the network control device. The network control device may adjust the value of the reporting parameter to control the likelihood that a mobile device will report.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, Biren Parekh
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Patent number: 10768782Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detect a first user interaction with a control button, disable an initiation of an action for a communication service, detect a second user interaction with the icon, and transmit an identification signal to a second communication device that causes the second communication device to present identification information describing the action for the communication service. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Brandon B. Hilliard, William Cottrill
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Patent number: 10747683Abstract: Example devices are disclosed. For example, a device may include a processor, a plurality of translation lookaside buffers, a plurality of switches, and a memory management unit. Each of the translation lookaside buffers may be assigned to a different process of the processor, each of the plurality of switches may include a register for storing a different process identifier, and each of the plurality of switches may be associated with a different one of the translation lookaside buffer buffers. The memory management unit may be for receiving a virtual memory address and a process identifier from the processor and forwarding the process identifier to the plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of switches may be for connecting the memory management unit to a translation associated with the switch when there is a match between the process identifier and the different process identifier stored by the register of the switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Brandon B. Hilliard, William Cottrill
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Publication number: 20200236056Abstract: A domain and a mobile device may exchange data via a radio access node included in a mobile network. During a time of peak demand, a data load level of the radio access node may exceed a threshold. To accommodate the peak demand, historical types and volumes of data may be used to manage a data rate related to data associated with the domain. Based on the historical information, the data rate for a mobile device, a radio access node, a range of time, or a data type may be controlled. The data rate may be managed by a network gateway, such as a gateway included in the mobile network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, John Pastore
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Patent number: 10693752Abstract: A mobile communications device may determine whether to report information regarding operation of the mobile device on a mobile network. The determination may be based on a reporting parameter set by a network control device and received via a broadcast message from a radio access node. The mobile device may compare the value of the reporting parameter to a randomly generated number. Based on the comparison, the mobile device may determine whether or not to provide information regarding operation of the mobile device or the radio access node to the network control device. The network control device may adjust the value of the reporting parameter to control the likelihood that a mobile device will report.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Biren Parekh
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Publication number: 20200178142Abstract: Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) devices that are not associated with a specific wireless carrier can be contractually operated as an extension of the specific Wi-Fi carrier. In this case, a display screen of a mobile device, that is currently communicating with the Wi-Fi device as an extension of the carrier, can display the carrier info. The display can be a result of a comparison between an internal mobile device data store and/or an external list that comprises the Wi-Fi devices that are acting as extensions of the carrier for a 5G network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Natalia Schenck, Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill
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Patent number: 10659375Abstract: A domain and a mobile device may exchange data via a radio access node included in a mobile network. During a time of peak demand, a data load level of the radio access node may exceed a threshold. To accommodate the peak demand, historical types and volumes of data may be used to manage a data rate related to data associated with the domain. Based on the historical information, the data rate for a mobile device, a radio access node, a range of time, or a data type may be controlled. The data rate may be managed by a network gateway, such as a gateway included in the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, John Pastore
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Patent number: 10660019Abstract: An example device for processing a query for a physical asset includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a query for a physical asset from a requesting device, determining a near field communication node that detects the physical asset, and providing to the requesting device an identification of a communication device that is associated with the near field communication node in response to the query.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Brandon B. Hilliard
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Patent number: 10652159Abstract: A mobile communications system includes a transceiver and a packet subsystem server of a mobile communications network for the transceiver. The transceiver can transceive wireless signals with mobile devices in a coverage area using wireless connections to exchange data with application servers. For each wireless connection the packet subsystem server can determine weighted scores using different weights for each of direct radio measures, a packet retransmission rate of the mobile communications network, and a throughput data rate. The packet subsystem server can determine an aggregated score from the weighted scores and determine a data-rate-control decision for the wireless connection using the aggregated score. The data-rate-control decision can be outputted to a packet core handling system of the mobile communications network for controlling the data rate of data transmitted using the wireless connection.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, Mohamad Hannaoui
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Publication number: 20200120012Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments and a method. The method includes iteratively providing messages to each Node Processor. Each Node Processor represents a node of a group of nodes. The iteratively providing of the messages comprises providing first messages. Each first message includes a cost associated with a path of nodes visited by each first message. In addition, the method includes determining paths having common endpoints among a portion of the first messages, identifying a cost for each of the paths having common endpoints, identifying a lowest cost from among the group of common endpoint costs, identifying a selected path associated with the lowest cost. A next group of messages includes the selected path. The iteratively providing of the messages results in selected paths. Also, the method include determining a target path from a remaining path. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill, Zachary Meredith