Patents Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
  • Patent number: 11930544
    Abstract: Technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According some embodiments, a system can facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include facilitating receiving information regarding a characteristic of a potential connection, by a user device, to respective network devices of a group of provider networks. The operations can further include facilitating selecting an identifier resource from a group of identifier resources, the group comprising the identifier resources available to the user device for a connection to a corresponding network device of a provider network from the respective network devices of the group of provider networks, resulting in a selected identifier resource. Further, the operations can include communicating the selected identifier resource to the user device for use by the user device to establish the connection to the corresponding network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jason Sikes, David Braunecker, James Hamilton, Ramesh Ayyagari, James Barksdale, III, Charles Balog
  • Publication number: 20240080258
    Abstract: 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 d
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer, IV
  • Publication number: 20240080278
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method of receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of routes in a network through a routing device having a fabric, a first set of distributed chassis packet forwarders (DCPs) that support external service interfaces and a second set of DCPs; storing, by the processing system, the plurality of routes in a forwarding information base (FIB); determining, by the processing system, a third set of routes in the FIB having a high volume of usage; determining, by the processing system, a fourth set of routes in the FIB having a low volume of usage; copying, by the processing system, the third set of routes to the first set of DCPs; and copying, by the processing system, the fourth set of routes to the second set of DCPs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer, IV
  • Publication number: 20240078457
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing, by a global node, a model to a group of nodes of a network, the model being associated with determining a configuration of the network for qubits; receiving, by the global node from one or more nodes of the group of nodes, updated model parameters, wherein the updated model parameters are generated by each of the one or more nodes via training of a local model utilizing the model and local data accessible to the particular node of the one or more nodes resulting in local nodes; generating, by the global node, an updated model based on the updated model parameters, the updated model being associated with determining the configuration of the network for the qubits; and providing, by the global node, the updated model to the group of nodes of the network, wherein the updated model facilitates managing distribution and usage of entangled qubit storage in devices of the network as reserve hybrid quantum-classical network capacity for bandwidth
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Mark Stockert, Thomas J. Routt, Jerry Robinson
  • Publication number: 20240080511
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a plurality uplink data packets on a network, the plurality of uplink data packets conveying application protocol messages from an application on a mobile device to an application server providing a service to the application on the mobile device over the network; providing data packets of the plurality uplink data packets to a machine learning model, the machine learning model trained to identify respective application protocol messages from the data packets; receiving from the machine learning model an indication that a start video download application protocol message has been identified by the machine learning model, the start video download application protocol message requesting initiation of a video download to the application on the mobile device from the application server; detecting a plurality of downlink data packets on the network, the plurality of downlink data packets conveying video content data to the mobile device in respo
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Vinay Sharma, Hao Kang
  • Patent number: 11923967
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system receives an electromagnetic signal including a plurality of packets, stores a copy of the packets in a memory, converts the signal to an optical signal, and splits the optical signal into first and second optical signals each including the packets. A first converter and second converter then convert the optical signals to electromagnetic signals. A timing coordinator sends a timing signal to the memory and to the first and second converters, resulting in simultaneous release of a copied packet from the memory and first and second packets from the first and second converters. The system compares the copied packet with the first and second packets; if those packets are identical to the copied packet, the system outputs the first and second packets in outgoing signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Dylan Reid
  • Patent number: 11921880
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for training a deep learning model that includes encoding a content item; generating a blended image by combining a background image and the encoded content; decoding the blended image to generate decoded content corresponding to the content item; and defining or specifying a loss function related to the deep learning model. The method also includes determining values of training parameters for the deep learning model to minimize the loss function, thereby obtaining a trained deep learning model. The method also includes an information concealing procedure using the trained deep learning model to conceal user content by encoding the user content and blending the encoded user content with a user-selected image; the information concealing procedure is substantially independent of the user-selected image. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin
  • Patent number: 11923893
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having an input port and multiple output ports adapted for connection to multiple passive optical network (PON) segments. The device includes an optical power splitting device in communication between the input port and the multiple output ports and adapted to provide divided portions of an optical signal received at the input port to the PON segments via the output ports. The device includes optical delay devices in optical communication between the optical power splitting device and at least a portion of the multiple output ports. The optical delay devices provide distinguishable delay values, that delay the divided portions of the optical signal, the distinguishable delay values facilitating associations of the PON segments to the output ports based on optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) measurements obtained via the input port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ricky Perry
  • Patent number: 11924896
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio device that has first and second subscriber identity modules; radio resources; 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 establishing a first communications network connection associated with the first subscriber identity module; establishing a second communications network connection associated with the second subscriber identity module; determining a communications activity on the first communications network connection; pausing or suspending activities of the second communications network connection; and blocking use of the radio resources by the second communications network connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Loc Yu, Arnold Schrider
  • Patent number: 11924662
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes providing, by a processing system including a processor, a controller function for a user plane function (UPF) of a communication network; the controller function facilitates automated procedures for authentication, deployment, configuration, testing, and/or controlling availability of the UPF, independent of a source of the UPF. The method also includes providing, by the processing system, an interface to facilitate communication between the controller function and the UPF; the controller function uses the interface to facilitate the procedures. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Midkiff, Douglas Eng
  • Patent number: 11923958
    Abstract: A method includes registering, by a primary cell site processor, an unmanned aerial vehicle, receiving, by the primary cell site processor, a list of one or more potential secondary cell sites from the unmanned aerial vehicle, timing advances associated with the one or more secondary cell sites, deriving, by the primary cell site processor, a number of component carriers within each of the one or more potential secondary cell sites, selecting, by the primary cell site processor, one or more secondary cell sites from the one or more potential secondary cell sites, and transmitting, by the primary cell site processor, instructions to the one or more secondary cell sites to provide a component carrier to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Stawiarski
  • Patent number: 11924920
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards obtaining communication-related operating information of a user equipment, such as via a terminal adapter to a terminal equipment. Communication-related operating information can include component carrier information, frequency band information, MIMO layer information, modulation information, and active user plane (uplink and downlink) information. In one aspect, a terminal equipment can send a communication command (e.g., an AT command) to a terminal adapter requesting return of frequency-related operating information and/or active user plane information, and receive the requested information from the terminal adapter. The terminal equipment provides access to the received information to a program running on the terminal equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Inderpreet Ahluwalia
  • Patent number: 11918918
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing data to identify that the data is associated with an online game, translating, based on the analyzing, a first address associated with the data to a second address that is different from the first address, and transmitting the data to a communication device using the second address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Albrecht, Oliver Spatscheck
  • Publication number: 20240073567
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems, devices, components, and methods for providing first data to a first waveguide device via a first medium of a first assembly, wherein the first waveguide device incorporates the first data as part of a first electromagnetic wave that is guided by, and propagates along, a first transmission medium coupled to the first waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and providing the first data, second data, or a combination thereof, to a second waveguide device via a first medium of a second assembly, wherein the second waveguide device incorporates the first data, the second data, or the combination thereof as part of a second electromagnetic wave that is guided by, and propagates along, a second transmission medium coupled to the second waveguide device without requiring the electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Barnickel, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas M. Willis, III, Peter Wolniansky
  • Publication number: 20240073689
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for seamless personal hotspot connectivity via personal hotspot tokens. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a personal hotspot-enabled device can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store instructions of an operating system and a personal hotspot application. The personal hotspot-enabled device can receive a personal hotspot token. The personal hotspot application can recognize, via a short-range communication component, a device identification associated with a peripheral device operating in proximity to the personal hotspot-enabled device. The personal hotspot application can request the personal hotspot token from the operating system. The personal hotspot application can inform the operating system of the device identification. The personal hotspot application can then receive the personal hotspot token associated with the device identification. The operating system can create a personal hotspot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jason Sikes, Todd Wallace, Matthew Wallace, Arnold Schrider
  • Publication number: 20240073846
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device that includes a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) identifier and a private home public land mobile network (PHPLMN) identifier. The mobile device prioritizes attaching to a radio access network (RAN) of the PHPLMN. The PHLMN and PHPLMN identifiers may be provided as part of an over-the-air (OTA) update. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Sreejith Menon, Suja John
  • Publication number: 20240071189
    Abstract: Providing and using a monitoring service can include detecting a monitoring trigger that indicates that monitoring of a user device is to be initiated. A time period associated with the monitoring can be identified. The monitoring of the user device can be triggered, where the monitoring can include obtaining video associated with the user device that is streamed to an edge device, wherein the video can be analyzed to determine if a threat is detected. If a determination is made that the threat is not detected, termination of the monitoring and deletion of the video can be triggered. If a determination is made that the threat is detected, delivery of an alert to another device can be triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240073653
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device of a first party, 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 storing a first connection link for a call from the first party to a called party; receiving a request for contact information of the called party from a third-party device; and sending a copy of the first connection link to the third-party device, wherein a second device of the called party displays referring information indicating that the first connection link was shared by the first party when the third-party device uses the copy to call the second device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240070602
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed anticipatory supply chain coordination with connected vehicle fleet and unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) integrations. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an energy provider system can obtain connected vehicle information from a connected vehicle. The connected vehicle information can include a vehicle identifier that uniquely identifies the connected vehicle, an energy capacity remaining for the connected vehicle, and a current location of the connected vehicle. The energy provider system can obtain order information from an inventory management system. The order information can include a destination location to which a physical order is to be delivered. The energy provider system can determine a route to the destination location based, at least in part, upon the energy capacity remaining and the current location. The energy provider system can then provide the route to the connected vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Roger D. Wickes, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
  • Publication number: 20240073155
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a personalized cloud service requirement based on a user identity and proximity to a first location. A first edge network is configured based on the personalized cloud service requirement and the first location, and the user is provided with access to a personalized cloud service via the configured first edge network according to their proximity to the first location. A second, different location is determined, and a second edge network is configured based on the personalized cloud service requirement and according to the second location. The user is provided with access to the personalized cloud service via the configured second edge network according to their proximity to the second location. In this manner, the edge network may be reconfigured to effectively follow the user, thereby extending remote access to a consistent, personalized cloud service. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rashmi Palamadai, Yupeng Jia