Patents Assigned to AT&T Services, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10296300
    Abstract: A method of aiding creation of a service offer associated with a Service Delivery Framework (SDF) includes providing a plurality of reusable Application Objects (AOs) that may be associated with an Interactive Development Environment (IDE). The AOs are prototype customer facing service offers that include standardized functions supporting ordering, billing, management and monitoring. The AOs also include standardized event formats and configurable attributes that affect the behavior and pricing of service offers derived from the AOs. A Services Marketplace facilitates reuse of AOs and supports relationships between customers, application creators, service providers and OSS/BSS providers. A computer-readable medium includes instructions that when executed by a computing device aids in creation of a service offer associated with a SDF by providing a plurality of reusable Application Objects (AOs) in the context of a services marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Erickson, Samuel Glazer
  • Patent number: 8583373
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation services are disclosed. A navigation system can include a memory, a processor, and a location determination device. The navigation system can receive data that indicates the location of a device. The navigation system can generate notifications for the device. The navigation system can interrupt communications at the device to provide notifications, if desired. Methods for providing notifications during enhanced navigation sessions also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Mary Anne Hicks
  • Patent number: 8548138
    Abstract: Presenting data received from service providers includes receiving billing data from each of the service providers and formatting, by at least one processor, the billing data in a standardized format. A single bill that consolidates the billing data in the standardized format for each of the service providers, and displays the billing data in the standardized format according to a user-defined organizational relationship for a billed entity, is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: AT&T Services, Inc, Pacific Telesis Shared Services, Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie Clark, Emma M. Espinoza, Catherine E. Harris, Margaret M. Hassel, Anita Elizabeth Neroda, Michael Thane Paquette, Danny Lee Roper, Carolyn Marie Ukena, Stephen James Votava
  • Publication number: 20130007822
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that enable the use of a multi-service endpoint device to integrate features and functions of voice and/or data services with IPTV service through a TV console are disclosed. For example, the method connects a multi-service endpoint device (MSED) to a plurality of networks, where at least one of the plurality of networks provides a voice service, and where at least one of the plurality of networks provides an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method then integrates the voice service with the IPTV service using the MSED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventor: JOSEPH SOMMER
  • Publication number: 20100246436
    Abstract: A process and system for user-controlled configuration of an Internet-protocol (IP) network wherein the user may supply input for generating a network classification profile (NCP), which includes a number of classes of service (COSs) for prioritizing network traffic. Network packets belonging to a COS may be classified according to a packet parameter. The NCP may be used to prioritize packets sent to the network from a network ingress router. A queuing profile for scheduling packets received from the network based on the NCP may also be generated and used by a network egress router. The packet parameter may be based on information in the packet header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Yui Yang, Paritosh Bajpay, David H. Lu, Anand Singh
  • Publication number: 20100161770
    Abstract: A process and system for user-controlled configuration of an Internet protocol network. The user may supply input for generating a network classification profile, which includes a number of classes of service (COSs) for prioritizing network traffic, including video transmission. A quality of service (QOS) may be measured and compared with a COS for video transmission. Depending on the measured QOS, a network alert may be issued and a priority of packets associated with the COS for video transmission may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Ferro, Luis Figueroa, David H. Lu, Chen Yui Yang
  • Publication number: 20100153566
    Abstract: Requested content is monitored and metadata for the content is accessed and reported to an administrator communication device. The reported metadata may be indicative of a classification of the requested content, an address of the requested content, a title of the requested content, or portions (e.g., video images) of the requested content. Administrators are enabled to receive dynamic updates regarding requested and received content in real time and may block viewer requested content or send messages to the viewer that are related to the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel G. Sheleheda, Edward G. Amoroso, Cynthia Cama, Sanjay Macwan, William O'Hern
  • Publication number: 20100138913
    Abstract: Methods and systems for message administration are described. In one embodiment, an application request for an application associated with an administration tool may be accessed. The application request may be associated with a user. The application may be deployed on a system machine. A particular access level of a plurality of access levels may be identified for the user on the administration tool. The particular access level may identify functionality of the administration tool available to the user. A determination of whether to allow processing of the application request based on the particular access level may be made. When the application request meets the particular access level, communication with the system machine from the administration tool may be made based on the application request. The system machine may be capable of processing the application request. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Beena Saroj, Brian Selsor, Kavitha D. Kasiviswanathan, Stefani Anne Smith, Douglas Fredrick Giacoletto, David J. Schwent, Timothy E. Braloski, Danny M. Marion
  • Publication number: 20100111522
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to monitor first and second access devices of a communications network for an alarm where the first and second access devices are connected to each other by a fiber optic cable and where the first and second access devices are capable of transmitting media content to a communications device of a user, identify hierarchical cable relationships associated with the fiber optic cable, monitor network elements of the communications network that are associated with the hierarchical cable relationships for other alarms, and determine a fiber cut of the fiber optic cable based at least in part on the alarm of the monitored first and second access devices and the other alarms of the monitored network elements. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Yui Yang, Paritosh Bajpay, Mary-Elise Haug
  • Publication number: 20100095335
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for performing a method of distributing video data over an electrical power line. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium and a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program further comprising instructions to detect first event data at a first controllable device in an internet protocol television system; instructions to send second event data over the electrical power line to a second controllable device in the internet protocol television system from the first controllable device in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device; and instructions to receive video data concurrently at a first internet protocol television client device over the electrical power line from the first and second controllable devices in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian B. Wilson, Roger A. Cockrell, Steven M. Wollmershauser
  • Patent number: 7653187
    Abstract: A service for presenting billing information to a customer according to a hierarchal structure defined by the customer. The customer assigns telephone numbers to company units and defines how each of the units relate to each other in the hierarchal structure. The billing information associated with each assigned telephone number is processed in accordance with the hierarchal structure. Thereafter, the bill is presented to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignees: AT&T Services, Inc., Pacific Telesis Shared Services, Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie S Clark, Emma M Espinoza, Catherine E Harris, Margaret M Hassel, Anita Elizabeth Neroda, Michael Thane Paquette, Danny Lee Roper, Carolyn Marie Ukena, Stephen James Votava
  • Patent number: 7629882
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a physical location of a customer of a network service, e.g., a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service are disclosed. For example, the method receives a network communications protocol message containing a geographical coordinate data from a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device being used by a customer for accessing one or more services. The method retrieves the geographical coordinate data from the network communications protocol message and provides the one or more services to the customer using the geographical coordinate data. In an alternate embodiment, a method and apparatus for sending physical location information are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Farah, Richard Palazzo
  • Publication number: 20090254914
    Abstract: A method of balancing computer resources on a network of computers is provided employing a two-tier network architecture of at least one High Level Collector as a scheduler/load balancing server, and a plurality Low level Collectors which gather task data and execute instructions. Tasks are assigned priority and weight scores and sorted prior to assignment to Low Level Collectors. Also provided is a computer readable medium including instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by at least one computing device balances computer resources on a network of computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nagaraj Sundaresan, Pamela Ann Moore Bogdan, Hema Gupta, Mary H. Rosell
  • Publication number: 20090092239
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media to connecting to addresses received in spoken communications. The method for connecting to addresses received in spoken communications comprises receiving at least one spoken communication containing a spoken address, extracting each address automatically from the at least one spoken communication, displaying to a user at least one extracted address, and receiving from the user a selection of at least one extracted address to initiate communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T Services Inc.
    Inventor: Sanjay MACWAN
  • Patent number: 7453809
    Abstract: A method and system enable optimization of trunk group design in a public switched telephone network (PSTN). A community of interest, including two end offices connected by a direct trunk and at least one tandem switch, is identified using out-of band signaling data collected from the PSTN. An application server interfaced to the PSTN determines whether traffic in the community of interest passes through the tandem switch during a predetermined time period. When traffic passes through the tandem switch, the application server further determines whether the direct trunk between the end offices experienced an overflow condition during the same predetermined time period. When the direct trunk did not experience an overflow condition, an exchange code associated with the traffic passing through the tandem switch is designated as a misrouted code. The misrouted code is flagged so that associated traffic is redirected through the direct trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghvendra G. Savoor, Andre Fuetsch, Frederick Michael Armanino, Baofeng Jiang, Peter Wong, Mengfeng Tsai, David Lewis Kimble
  • Publication number: 20080228736
    Abstract: Access is provided to network connection data for a user terminal. A query based on a request from a communications device to access the network connection data is received over a first network. The network connection data corresponding to the request is retrieved from a database based on the query. The database is populated with the network connection data and interfaces with a second network over which network connections are established with the user terminal. The network connection data retrieved from the database is forwarded for display at the communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: AT&T Services, Inc., AT&T LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis BRANDT, Bojana MAMUZIC, James Thomas MILLER, Stephen Mark MUELLER
  • Patent number: 7403603
    Abstract: A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing system processes the billing such that a subscriber of the abbreviated dialing code service is billed for the call rather than a calling party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignees: AT&T Services, Inc., AT&T Teleholdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianna Inara Tiliks, Carol Shifrin Gruchala, Susanne Marie Crockett, Nancy Ann Book, John Wesley Moss, Thomas Joseph McBlain, Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, William M. Moy, Kenneth Robert Stroud
  • Patent number: 7400883
    Abstract: A first account profile is on a first mobile communications device and a second account profile is on a second mobile communications device. User input of transactional information is accepted on the first mobile communications device. The first account profile on the first mobile communications device is modified based on the transactional information. A message is transmitted including the transactional information to the second mobile communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Rivers, Frederick Diggle, III
  • Patent number: 7369651
    Abstract: Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to an interface server in response to the query. The switch continues to process the telephone call after querying the service controller. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database based on at least the received call data. An outgoing call log database receives and stores the call data and the additional information from the interface server as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data from the outgoing call log database, in response to a query from a web client, and displays the outgoing call log data at the web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: AT&T Labs, Inc., AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller
  • Patent number: 7187760
    Abstract: Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to an interface server in response to the query. The switch continues to process the telephone call after querying the service controller. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database based on at least the received call data. An outgoing call log database receives and stores the call data and the additional information from the interface server as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data from the outgoing call log database, in response to a query from a web client, and displays the outgoing call log data at the web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: AT&T Labs, Inc., AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller