Patents Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L
  • Patent number: 11539645
    Abstract: A cloud based mobile internet protocol messaging spam defense. Short message service (SMS) messages are analyzed by a cloud based virtual machine to determine if should be considered potentially unwanted messages (e.g., spam). The cloud based virtual machine uses a user specific algorithm for determining if a message should be considered to be a potentially unwanted message. Messages that are determined to be potentially unwanted messages trigger a notification to be sent to a user device associated with the virtual machine. The notification requests confirmation from the user that the potentially unwanted message is an unwanted message. The user's response to a request for confirmation is then used to update an unwanted message database associated with the user and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ann E. Skudlark, Lien K. Tran, Yu Jin
  • Patent number: 11539836
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, facilitating, by a first device, receiving a first communication directed to a second device from a third device associated with a first telephone number. The method can further include determining, by the first device, that the first communication comprises a reference to a second telephone number different from the first telephone number, resulting in a number discrepancy. Further, based on the number discrepancy and an analysis of the first communication, the method can further include preventing, by the first device, communication of the first communication to the third device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
  • Patent number: 11540186
    Abstract: When frequency range 1 (FR1) (e.g., Sub6 Ghz radio coverage), and FR2 (e.g., mmW coverage) are present in a given area, there can be a broader coverage from FR1 broadcasting in addition to targeted coverage from FR2 broadcasting. Consequently, FR1 can overlap FR2. To generate system efficiencies, the FR1 and FR2 spectrums can be combined by carrier aggregation (CA) and/or dual connectivity (DC). Thus, a hybrid approach can combine use of both CA and DC, based on radio access network instructions and radio frequency conditions experienced by a user equipment device as it transitions between CA and DC coverage areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Yonghui Tong, Kurt Huber, Hongyan Lei, Yupeng Jia
  • Patent number: 11537493
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system receives data at an edge node of a network that also includes regional nodes and central nodes. The processing system also determines a latency criterion associated with an application for processing the data; the application corresponds to an application programming interface. The method also includes processing the data in accordance with the application, monitoring a latency associated with the processing, and determining whether the latency meets the latency criterion. The processing system dynamically assigns data processing resources so that the latency meets the latency criterion; the resources include computation, network and storage resources of the edge node, a central node, and a regional node in communication with the edge node and the central node. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Bhorkar, Mehdi Malboubi, Baofeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11539434
    Abstract: A dark fiber dense wavelength division multiplexing service path design microservice (ddSPDmS) can provide a scalable self-contained meta-data driven approach for a flexible implementation of a dark fiber dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) service path design solution. The service plan design solution can be used as a standalone solution or integrated with a network management application. In order to manage a large volume of circuit designs, multiple microservices can accept application program interface (API) requests in a cloud environment. Permission can then be given to any application to use the API to make a call to the design and inventory. Additionally, metadata templates can be designed to support a node, a link, and/or a topology for the microservices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Seyed Hashemi, Fariborz Farhan, Kumar Tamilmoni, Michael O'Connor, Taha Elkhatib, Wei Yen, Brian Horen, Veronica Gensamer
  • Patent number: 11540352
    Abstract: A closed loop carrier sense multiple access multiuser request to send and clear to send handshaking system is provided to efficiently allocate licensed and unlicensed spectrum for a plurality of mobile devices and across different base stations and mobile network operators. A user equipment device can be connected to a base station device via a first frequency in licensed spectrum, and a second frequency in unlicensed spectrum. The air interface on the first frequency can then be used to coordinate physical and virtual carrier sensing on a second frequency among a plurality of user equipment devices. Moreover, carrier sensing results from a plurality of UEs can be reported a base station device via the first frequency in licensed spectrum. The base station device can then schedule multiple user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmissions to a plurality of UEs on the second frequency in unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ralf Bendlin, Thomas Novlan, Arunabha Ghosh, Abdulrauf Hafeez
  • Patent number: 11539830
    Abstract: A 5G stand alone system information broadcast message (SIB) can be drilled down into to determine a frequency range (sub 6 Ghz, millimeter wave, or both) that is accessible to a stand-alone user equipment based on a cell associated with the user equipment. The frequency range can be used to determine whether the user equipment shall display a ā€œ5Gā€ icon or a ā€œ5G+ā€ icon. The display can also be dependent on whether the user equipment is in idle/inactive modes or connected mode. Optionally, the user equipment can be a sub 6 Ghz dual band (frequency range 1 and frequency range 2) device, which can also be used to determine the displayed icon of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Inderpreet Ahluwalia
  • Patent number: 11540115
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an assigned friendly-phrase embedded universal integrated circuit card identifier (fpEID) for a wireless communication device and sending a service request message to a service provider network to initiate a service activation procedure, the service request message comprising the assigned fpEID. Various embodiments can include sending an fpEID assignment request message to a device vendor network, receiving an fpEID assignment confirmation message from the device vendor network in response to the fpEID assignment request message, and identifying the assigned fpEID based on the fpEID assignment confirmation message. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Sikes, James Hamilton
  • Patent number: 11539658
    Abstract: One or more protocols between a control plane entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME)) and its peer nodes (e.g., mobile switching center (MSC) and/or short message service center (SMSC)) are enhanced to improve short messaging services for Internet of things (IoT) devices. Oftentimes, IoT devices enter an extended sleep mode during which they cannot be reached by the control plane entity. In one aspect, the control plane entity can determine a wait period based on information, such as, but not limited to, device context data, mapping tables, policy data, commercial traffic data, latency data, device delay tolerance, sleep mode timer values, etc. The wait period can be provided to the peer nodes, which can utilize the wait period to control one or more message retry mechanisms based on IoT device behaviors resulting in an improvement of overall IoT service behaviors and a delivery of superior IoT customer experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Gaurav Gupta
  • Patent number: 11537417
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides task delegation and cooperation for automated assistants. In one example, a method performed by a processing system that is in communication with a plurality of automated assistants includes receiving, a query indicating a task with which a user desires assistance, parsing the task into a plurality of sub-tasks including a first sub-task and a second sub-task, identifying a first automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the first sub-task and a second automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the second sub-task, and formulating a proposal for responding to the query, wherein the proposal comprises a sequence in which the plurality of sub-tasks is to be performed and a mapping that assigns the first sub-task to the first automated assistant and the second sub-task to the second automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Timothy Innes, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley
  • Patent number: 11536842
    Abstract: An example method performed by a processing system includes obtaining a light detecting and ranging point cloud of a building, where the point cloud includes a plurality of points, and where each point is associated with a set of (x,y,z) coordinates. A first point of the plurality of points is assigned to a subset of the plurality of points that is associated with the building, where the subset includes points whose (x,y) coordinates fall within a footprint of the building. The first point is grouped into a first cluster according to at least one of: a (z) coordinate of the first point and a gradient to which the first point belongs. A first prism formed by the first cluster is constructed. A model of the building is stored as a plurality of connected prisms, where the plurality of connected prisms includes the first prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yaron Kanza, Philip Brown, Velin Kounev, Arun Jotshi
  • Patent number: 11540330
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards associating a distributed unit (a baseband function) with a radio unit, corresponding to a service area, when the radio unit transitions from an idle state to an active state with respect to serving user equipment. When an idle radio unit receives a message requesting connection from a formerly idle user equipment, or user equipment to be served due to a handover, the message triggers assignment of a distributed unit to the radio unit, whereby the radio unit becomes active to serve the user equipment. If insufficient distributed unit capacity exists, a new distributed unit is dynamically instantiated and assigned to the radio unit. When a radio unit transitions from active to idle, the radio unit is disassociated from the distributed unit. If a distributed unit is not associated with any radio unit, the distributed unit is deactivated to reduce resource consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Zelezniak, Minsung Jang, Kaustubh Joshi, Xuan Tuyen Tran
  • Patent number: 11539815
    Abstract: A method for managing systems with interrelated microservices with self-assembling and self-configuring microservices includes receiving at a first micro service a service request from a client. A determination is the made whether the first micro service is capable of processing the service request. If the first micro service is capable of processing the service requests, then processing the service request; if the first micro service cannot process the service request then routing the service request to a first stem service. The first stem service determines whether there is a second micro service that can process the service request. If the second micro service that can process the service requests exists, then forwarding the service request to the second micro service for processing. If there is no second micro service that can service the service requests then morphing the first stem service into a micro service that can service the service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohammad Nikain, Jiyuan Wang, Abdelmajid Belhareth, Daniel Connolly
  • Patent number: 11540189
    Abstract: A framework for a 6th generation (6G) ubiquitous wireless communications network is provided. A system comprises: a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Paul Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11539581
    Abstract: The autonomous cloud design system may determine a design that may appropriately mix emerging technologies and operations to provide a versatile and cost-effective or efficient solution for a given cloud site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: George Dome, John Oetting, Chuxin Chen
  • Patent number: 11539412
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards beam recovery for an antenna array. One or more recovery beams or recovery beam patterns can be defined for an antenna array, and in response to a failure, the antenna array can be restored to a defined recovery beam or recovery beam pattern. Techniques for defining recovery beams and recovery beam patterns for the antenna array, selecting a recovery beam or recovery beam pattern for the antenna array, and entering a selected recovery beam or recovery beam pattern by the antenna array are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Rittwik Jana, Bogdan Ungureanu, Deva-Datta Sharma, Shraboni Jana
  • Publication number: 20220407348
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing intelligent power distribution. A distribution point unit is connected to a plurality of user units in a telecommunications system. A loss of power to the distribution point unit is detected. It is determined that at least one user unit has backup power. Based on a determination that at least one user unit has backup power, a power mode for the distribution point unit is selected. The power mode is implemented on the distribution point unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Titus, Stewart Barker
  • Publication number: 20220408072
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, 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 including receiving a manifest for a point cloud, wherein the point cloud is partitioned into a plurality of cells; determining an occlusion level for a cell of the plurality of cells with respect to a predicted viewport; reducing a point density for the cell provided in the manifest based on the occlusion level, thereby determining a reduced point density; and requesting delivery of points in the cell, based on the reduced point density. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Jackson Jarrell Pair
  • Publication number: 20220408411
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, collecting information about capabilities of a user equipment (UE) device operating on a radio communication network, collecting information about requirements and status of the UE device, collecting information about the radio communication network, selecting a carrier aggregation arrangement for the UE device based on at least the information about capabilities and the information about requirements and status, forming a selected carrier aggregation arrangement, and configuring network nodes of the radio communication network according to the selected carrier aggregation arrangement. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vivanco, David Ross Beppler, Slawomir Mikolaj Stawiarski
  • Publication number: 20220405798
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a first client device, a recommendation pertaining to an advertisement, storing a sender identification in association with an identification of the advertisement, wherein the sender identification includes an identification of the first client device, an identification of a first user of the first client device, or a combination thereof, determining that a score associated with the recommendation exceeds a threshold at least in terms of a likelihood of relevance of the advertisement to a second user of a second client device, based on the determining, transmitting the advertisement to the second client device based on the identification of the advertisement, and based on the determining, transmitting the sender identification to the second client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Interwise Ltd.
    Inventors: Yehuda Volk, Erez A. Korn, Hans Fischmann, Rinat Zilberstein