Patents Assigned to AT & T
  • Publication number: 20240143471
    Abstract: A flow logging utility tracer (“FLUTE”) system can present a FLUTE user interface through which the FLUTE system can receive a trace request. The FLUTE system can interface, via a FLUTE controller, with a FLUTE adapter corresponding to a cloud environment associated with the trace request. The FLUTE adaptor can extract event log data from a log repository corresponding to the cloud environment. The FLUTE adapter can filter the event log data according to a logging specification. The FLUTE adapter can transform the filtered event log data for compatibility with a FLUTE stitcher. The FLUTE stitcher can generate tracing data based upon the event log data. The FLUTE stitcher can correlate the tracing data based upon a common identifier enforced by the logging specification, prepare the tracing data for publication to a distributed tracing system, and publish the tracing data to the distributed tracing system for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Arthur Martella, Saumya Swarup Pattanayak, Clifford Weiss, Abbas Munawar Fazal
  • Publication number: 20240140565
    Abstract: A shallow-draft float is configured with above-float buoyancy or below-float water lifters dimensioned to control the righting arm of the turbine as tip angle increases to 15 and then 30 degrees. The embodiment is configured for use with a floating wind turbine that has a center of mass above the water surface and is supported by relatively small floats. In an example embodiment, a buoyant structure resides above the float and provides additional flotation when submerged. In another embodiment, the structure beneath the water surface contains water that provides ballast as the float moves above the water surface. In various embodiments, structural elements that provide ballast or flotation may be stowed until needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: T-Omega Wind
    Inventor: Jeremy J. Papadopoulos
  • Publication number: 20240146551
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, associating a link of a non-fungible token (NFT) metaverse communication device to provisioning data of a service account of non-virtual user equipment, receiving a communication request, detecting the NFT metaverse communication device is available for use in a metaverse system, and initiating communications with the NFT metaverse communication device via the metaverse system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240139965
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first, second, and third data associated with respective first, second, and third physical robots operating in a smart community (wherein the first data comprises a first historical listing of first tasks that had been performed by the first physical robot, wherein the second data comprises a second historical listing of second tasks that had been performed by the second physical robot, wherein the first tasks and the second tasks include a common task, wherein the third data comprises an indication of a current task being performed by the third physical robot, and wherein the current task is the common task); predicting, based upon the first, second, and third data, a future task that will be performed by the third physical robot (wherein the future task that is predicted is a task selected from the first tasks and the second tasks); selecting, based upon the future task that is predicted, a downloadable service that can be used by the thi
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240146839
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating communication sessions such as voice calls over a plurality of radios of the wireless PBX via one or more carriers, where the wireless PBX includes a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) and a plurality of radios, wherein there are a maximum number of concurrent communication sessions permitted that are fewer than a number of the plurality of SIMs; determining that the maximum number of concurrent communication sessions has been reached; and responsive to reaching the maximum number of concurrent communication sessions, facilitating establishing an outgoing voice call via a WiFi connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Karen Stansbury, Howard Lang, Derek Baylor
  • Publication number: 20240139956
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data indicative of a first location of a first physical robot operating in a smart community, obtaining second data indicative of a second location of a second physical robot operating in the smart community, obtaining third data indicative of a third location of a third physical robot operating in the smart community, obtaining a request for assistance from the first physical robot; and responsive to obtaining the request for assistance: determining a first time interval that would be required for the second physical robot to reach the first physical robot at the first location; determining a second time interval that would be required for the third physical robot to reach the first physical robot at the first location; determining which of the first time interval and the second time interval is smaller; in a first case that the first time interval is smaller, selecting as a selected physical robot the second physical robot; in a sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240146568
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining characteristics of autonomous devices, identifying a portion of the autonomous devices having relatable characteristics, and assigning a network to the portion of autonomous devices for enabling communications with the portion of autonomous devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240143301
    Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to automated deployment and management of network functions in multi-vendor cloud networks. A service provider system can create at least one repository structure to hold at least one pipeline, at least one artifact, at least one image, and code used to create a network function defined by a vendor. The service provider system can create a secrets management structure for the network function. The service provider system can define a schema to support environment variables for a network function type of the network function. The service provider system can create instance specific data to satisfy the schema required for the network function type and can store the at least one artifact into a framework defined during a design phase. The service provider system can instruct the at least one repository structure to exhibit version control and change management behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Jon Adams, Marius Gudelis, Kiran Panja, Johnny Chen, Qun Ren
  • Publication number: 20240146394
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first extended cell global identifier (ECGI) of an aerial base station (ABS), determining a location of the ABS, and determining that a terrestrial base station (TBS) is within a distance threshold of the location of the ABS. Further embodiments include providing the first ECGI of the ABS to the TBS, and providing instructions to the TBS to obtain an ECGI from each terrestrial communication device (TCD) communicatively coupled to the TBS. Each of the TCDs obtain the ECGI for each neighboring base station. The TCDs provide the ECGIs to the TBS. Additional embodiments include configuring a neighboring list with the ECGIs of the neighboring base stations, and providing instructions to the TBS to identify as high priority a second ECGI of the ABS within the neighboring list based on the first ECGI of the ABS. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Vivanco
  • Publication number: 20240142988
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system determines that performance of a service is required at a first location in a smart community; identifies a robot to be transported, and determines whether physical transport or virtual transport is to be performed for the robot. If physical transport is to be performed, the system initiates communication with a robot transport controller to schedule the physical transport to the first location from a different second location. If virtual transport is to be performed, the processing system initiates communication with a radio access network (RAN) to schedule the virtual transport; the virtual transport includes configuring the robot at the first location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240146438
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a housing that includes a first waveguide port and a second waveguide port, wherein the first waveguide port is configured for receiving an optical signal via a first optical waveguide optically coupled to the first waveguide port. The housing may include a passive optical processing module that is removably coupled to the housing and optically coupled to the first waveguide port. The passive optical processing module is configured to perform a prescribed function, e.g., filtering, upon the optical signal to obtain a processed optical signal without utilizing an electronic circuit. The second waveguide port is configured to transfer the processed optical signal to an optical waveguide external to the housing. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ricky Perry, Stewart Barker
  • Publication number: 20240147250
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and/or location map can be generated for an area associated with the deployable cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jason Young, Muhammed Abughrara
  • Publication number: 20240147294
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first type of a first communication service requested by a first user equipment, resulting in a first identification, providing, based on the first identification, at least a first profile to the first user equipment, obtaining, based on the providing, a selection of a profile included in the at least a first profile, and invoking at least a first action in accordance with the selection, wherein the invoking of the at least a first action comprises: allocating a first network resource in conjunction with the first communication service, configuring the first user equipment with a first parametric value, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Rashmi Palamadai
  • Publication number: 20240144571
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving avatar definition information from a user, the avatar definition information defining aspects of a user avatar to represent the user in an immersive experience in a first metaverse; activating the user avatar in the first metaverse, the user avatar defined according to the avatar definition information; and activating the user avatar in a second metaverse, the user avatar representing the user in the second metaverse, the user avatar defined in the second metaverse according to the avatar definition information, the activating the user avatar in the second metaverse being responsive to a request from the user to change from the first metaverse to the second metaverse. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James H. Pratt, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20240147253
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio frequency hotspot device 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: registering the device in a network using a hotspot miner tag that uniquely identifies the device; establishing a backhaul in the network for providing Internet connectivity responsive to receiving authorization to operate the backhaul in the network; providing coverage in a first RF spectrum to mobile devices operating in the first RF spectrum; and tagging traffic of the mobile devices sent over the backhaul, wherein the tagging comprises the hotspot miner tag and an index tag that identifies a type of the traffic and a mobile device sending the traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Sreejith Menon
  • Publication number: 20240147209
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, registering a mobile device with a mobile communication network as a roaming network, the roaming network communicating with a home network associated with the mobile device to complete the registering, initiating access to a service on the roaming network, retrieving information about access permission status of the service for the mobile device on the roaming network; responsive to the information about access permission status of the service having a value that corresponds to denial of the service on the roaming network because the service is not approved for operation on the roaming network, providing an indication to a user of the mobile device that the service is not available, and suspending further access to the service on the roaming network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P
    Inventor: Sreejith Menon
  • Publication number: 20240147218
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating a registration process such as by storing service information associated with a group of providers, which can include location information associated with the equipment, Data Network Name (DNN), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and/or Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI). A service process can include wirelessly receiving a service request from a communication device, where the service request identifies a particular service and includes location information of the communication device; selecting a provider from among the group of providers according to the service request and the stored service information; and wirelessly providing provider information for the provider to the communication device that includes the corresponding DNN and the S-NSSAI of the provider, whereby the communication device can then attach to the corresponding equipment of the provider and obtain the particular service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Raghuvanshi, Richard T. Kwapniewski, Rajil Malhotra
  • Publication number: 20240147320
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining CBRS information from SAS equipment, where the CBRS information includes channel assignments associated with different coverage locations; and providing the channel assignments to one or more EMSs according to the CBRS information to enable CBRS devices to provide communication services including handoffs via the channel assignments to one or more end user devices in coverage areas of the one or more CBRS device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Howard L. Lang, Nicholas Thompson, Joseph Soryal
  • Publication number: 20240147304
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first E-UTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI) associated with an aerial base station (ABS), determining a location of the ABS, and determining that a terrestrial base station (TBS) is within a distance threshold of the location of the ABS. Further embodiments include providing the first ECGI of the ABS to the TBS, and providing instructions to the TBS to indicate to each terrestrial communication devices (TCDs) communicatively coupled to the TBS to add a cell individual offset (CIO) factor to a first signal strength associated with a first signal received from the ABS. The TBS provides instructions to each of the TCDs to add a CIO factor to the first signal strength associated with the first signal received from the ABS. The second instructions includes the first ECGI associated with the ABS. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Vivanco
  • Publication number: 20240147257
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting conditions of an operating environment of a user equipment device (UE); determining that the operating environment is an adverse environment; and providing a signal to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine on the UE regarding the adverse environment; the AI engine, responsive to the signal, obtains from a database on the UE a list of procedures for improving the performance of the UE and creates a strategy that specifies one or more of the listed procedures to be performed; one of the specified procedures comprises switching between a use of a first technology for improving the performance of the UE and a use of a second technology for improving the performance of the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Catherine Kalke, Yupeng Jia