Patents Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
  • Publication number: 20210383078
    Abstract: In an embodiment of a messaging system, a method for presenting a commercial message to a user is provided. A target language in which the user is comfortable communicating may be determined based on at least one communication received by the user or at least one communication provided by the user. The commercial message may be presented to the user in the target language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventor: Srinivas Bangalore
  • Patent number: 11194883
    Abstract: Disclosed is a web server that includes a headlines module for automatically generating headlines based on data retrieved from a network (e.g., World Wide Web). The web server also includes an interactive agent for generating responses to inquiries relating to the headlines based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Shona Douglas, Junlan Feng, Mazin E. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 11188663
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media provided for watermarking a digital file. The method comprises altering samples of the digital file available for distribution upon request by adding a number such as + or a ?1 to each sample of the digital file according to a probability value and compressing the digital file with the altered samples. Altering the sample of the digital file may be done on a per distribution or per sale basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventor: Thomas Killian
  • Patent number: 11172256
    Abstract: Methods and systems for capturing, transmitting and processing data for generating ratings relating to multimedia programming based on passively obtained user cues are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Amento, Christopher Harrison, Larry Stead
  • Patent number: 11153309
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for multifactor authentication for Internet-of-things devices. An access request can be received from an Internet-of-things device. The access request can include identifying information associated with the Internet-of-things device and a certificate. The certificate can be validated and a stored version of the identifying information can be obtained. If the stored version of the identifying information is determined to match the identifying information included with the access request, access to a resource can be allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Russell Vegh, Senthil Ramakrishnan, Roger Mahler
  • Patent number: 11138391
    Abstract: In an embodiment of a messaging system, a method for presenting a commercial message to a user is provided. A target language in which the user is comfortable communicating may be determined based on at least one communication received by the user or at least one communication provided by the user. The commercial message may be presented to the user in the target language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventor: Srinivas Bangalore
  • Publication number: 20210272451
    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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: 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: 11108849
    Abstract: Global Internet of things (IoT) quality of service (QoS) is provided through self-forming, self-healing, and/or collaborative edge IoT gateways. Moreover, global IoT services are provided by logically extending cellular networks with roaming partners to backhaul, track, and/or manage the globally deployed edge IoT gateways. In one aspect, real-time QoS and/or monitoring capabilities for the global IoT services can be provided through a communication between the edge IoT gateways and an edge gateway controller deployed within a cloud. The edge IoT gateways form a structured mesh network to coordinate workload execution under control of the edge gateway controller, which can facilitate a highly efficient QoS and/or SLA management for mobile IoT sensors, to provide a secure monitoring and/or diagnostic capability for the global IoT services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Vinay Kundaje
  • Patent number: 11087887
    Abstract: Systems and methods mediate anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and dispose of identified health anomalies. Multiple detection algorithms, operating asynchronously and independently, run against one or more health data streams. Examples of data streams are electronic laboratory requisitions and results, OTC sales of medicines and medical supplies, emergency department visit data, and others. The outputs of anomaly detection generators—anomaly notifications (anomalies)—are processed by the invention. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making and disposition among expert users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Colin Goodall, Guy Jacobson, Simon Tse, John Mark F. Mocenigo, Richard Drechsler
  • Patent number: 11025607
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to vehicle-to-everything (“V2X”) certificate management. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a system can receive a CRL from a security credential management (“SCM”) system. The CRL can identify one or more certificates that have been determined to be invalid, such as when the certificate(s) has expired. The certificate(s) can be utilized by a vehicle for secure communications, including vehicle-to-vehicle (“V2V”) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (“V2I”) (collectively V2X). The system can format the CRL as a cell broadcast message. The system can then create a cell broadcast request directed to a cell broadcast center (“CBC”). The cell broadcast request can include the CRL formatted as the cell broadcast message. The system can send the cell broadcast request to the CBC to instruct the CBC to broadcast the CRL as the cell broadcast message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Murali Narayanan, Roger Mahler, Paul Nichols, George Murphy, Zachery Carter, Senthil Ramakrishnan, Thomas Becker
  • Patent number: 11017664
    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: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    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: 10999633
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering selected multimedia content to a user of a mobile device in a pervasive computing environment is disclosed. Communications with a mobile device in the environment is established. A user profile and viewing history is received from the mobile device. Multimedia content is selected and sequenced for viewing by the user. The selection of multimedia content is based on search logic that includes the user profile and viewing history. Metadata is transmitted to the mobile device that is associated with the selected multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas O'Neil
  • Patent number: 10986219
    Abstract: Fault-tolerant signaling in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network architecture is disclosed. A method can comprise initiating a primary signaling path to a signaling server device; in response to the initiating, establishing an alternate signaling path to a web application server device, wherein a call session is established over the primary signaling path; monitoring the primary signaling path for a session failure; and in response to the session failure, switching the call session from using the primary signaling path to using the alternate signaling path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., AT&T Global Network Services France SAS
    Inventors: Miguel Martinez-Heath, Keylor Eng, Aurelien Bruno, Scott Sayers
  • Patent number: 10979386
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for an edge cache address, and comparing a requestor address to an anycast group. The method can further include providing an anycast edge cache address when the requestor address is in the anycast group. Alternatively, the method can further include determining an optimal cache server, and providing a unicast address of the optimal cache server when the requestor address is not in the anycast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexandre Gerber, Oliver Spatscheck, Jacobus Van der Merwe
  • Patent number: 10972180
    Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, the beat signal may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
  • Patent number: 10972181
    Abstract: An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Justin Hayward, Andrew B. Lewis, Stuart Russell
  • Patent number: 10965490
    Abstract: A method includes dividing, at a cable modem termination system, a transmit stream into multiple data streams. The multiple data streams include a first data stream and a second data stream. Each of the multiple data streams has a lower bit rate than a bit rate of the transmit stream. The method includes transmitting, via the cable modem termination system, the first data stream over at least a first channel of a group of channels. The method also includes transmitting, via the cable modem termination system, the second data stream over at least a second channel of the group of channels. The group of channels supports traffic to a plurality of destinations. The first channel and the second channel are frequency-division multiplexed channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Bhavesh N. Desai, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, David Hilton Shur, Aleksandra Smiljanic, Todd J. Totland, Jacobus E. Van der Merwe, Sheryl Leigh Woodward
  • Publication number: 20210083844
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, from a user device, a master-slave agreement and a first network configuration for a federated blockchain network, transmitting to a cloud service provider (CSP) node the first network configuration, generating first credentials, and transmitting the first credentials to the CSP node. The CSP node configures a first group of blockchain nodes according to the first network configuration and the first credentials. Further embodiments include transmitting the first credentials to a public server that sends it to a public blockchain node and an indication to generate a portion of the federated blockchain network. The public blockchain node configures a second group of blockchain nodes according to a second network configuration based on a public blockchain smart contract. The federated blockchain network comprises the first group of blockchain nodes and the second group of blockchain nodes. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Thyge Knuhtsen, Rod Cruz, Humayun Arif, Rene Dufrene
  • Patent number: 10938887
    Abstract: A system and a method for delivering an event from an event publisher to an event subscriber via an event broker are disclosed. The event broker performs several functions such as receiving an event published by an event publisher of a first domain, assigning a priority based on a second domain to a plurality of subscribers of the second domain, processing the event based on a rule and the priority, and further delivering the event published by the event publisher of the first domain to the plurality of event subscribers of the second domain in accordance with the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Hossein Eslambolchi, John McCanuel, Prakash Vasa
  • Patent number: 10887391
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products mirror data between local memory and remote storage. A write command is sent from a server to a remote storage device, and a timer is established. A current time of the timer is compared to a maximum time period. If the maximum time period expires without receipt of an acknowledgment to the write command, then a write error is assumed to exist to the remote storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: James A. Gardner, Darrell G. Freeman