Patents Assigned to AT & T
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Patent number: 10470099Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a compatibility of the mobile station with a 3GPP IMS architecture. In response to determining that the mobile station is compatible with the 3GPP IMS architecture, a transfer is facilitated of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via a network element of an IMS network core. In response to determining that the mobile station is not compatible with the 3GPP IMS architecture a forwarding is facilitated of the machine-type communication message to a machine-type communication interworking function associated with the mobile station, wherein the machine-type communication interworking function facilitates a directing of the machine-type communication message to the mobile station via an SGs interface of a mobility management entity of an evolved packet core of a 3GPP long term evolution network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Christopher Bryant, Ryan Redfern, Jiansong Wang
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Patent number: 10469147Abstract: Determining when beam failure of a beam pair link has occurred is provided. Transient obstructions, and other interference effects can cause the failure of a beam pair link which can comprise a transmit beam and a receive beam associated with respective antennas on a transmitter and receiver. Switching to another beam pair link can cause decrease throughput and efficiency however, so the improved mechanism for determining a failure includes taking into consideration the importance of the beam pair link before initiating the beam recovery process. The configurable beam failure protocol defined herein considers the relative importance of the configured beam pair links when declaring the beam pair link a failure. The importance of the beam pair link can be based on the amount of downlink control information in the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Salam Akoum, Arunabha Ghosh
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Patent number: 10468739Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, a first hollow waveguide that facilitates coupling, via the first dielectric coupler, a first electromagnetic wave onto a transmission medium, and a second hollow waveguide that facilitates coupling, via the second dielectric coupler, a second electromagnetic wave onto the transmission medium, where the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave combine to form a combined electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the first dielectric coupler has an adjustable length that facilitates an adjustment of a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Giovanni Vannucci, Thomas M. Willis, III, Shikik Johnson, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel
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Patent number: 10470077Abstract: Dynamic retry techniques can be leverage by messaging centers to adapt their profiles for a variety of mobile devices including internet-of-things (IoT) devices. The network can utilize a look up table that has real time updated mapping of possible retry profiles against device categories, their groupings, priorities, and/or service level agreements with external IoT providers. For example, a messaging retry algorithm can adjust its upper bounds based on communication received from peer networking functions during the initial registration with the network or as part of the updates due to ongoing IoT device activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Shelly Johnson
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Patent number: 10470189Abstract: A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by leveraging a smart scheduling system for vehicles. The smart scheduling system can use location and network capacity data to prioritize over-the-air software pushes for vehicles. For instance, a vehicle, which is only operational during off-peak wireless network hours can receive a software push during the off-peak times because wireless network capacity is not an issue. However, vehicles, which are used primarily during heavy peak wireless network times can receive software in a prioritized manner based on location data, frequency of use, network capacity, etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Lien K. Tran, Simon D. Byers, Carlos Eduardo De Andrade, Emir Halepovic, David John Poole, Christopher T. Volinsky
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Patent number: 10470029Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, associating a global-to-local network profile with a user profile of a first communications network and detecting a number of local networks managed separately from the first communications network. The local networks include local user profiles, wherein access to resources of a local network is based on credentials available by way of a local user profile associated with the user. A location of the user is determined and a proximity of the user to a first local network is determined based on the location of the user. Information is transferred between the global-to-local network profile and a local user profile based on the proximity of the user to the first local network, wherein the transferring of the information supports a registration status of the user with the first local network of the plurality of local networks. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah, Venson Shaw, Richard Schmidt
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Patent number: 10470136Abstract: Power control can be employed, whereby a power control adjustment can be determined by a relay distributed unit (DU) device, based on a measurement of the power level of received access uplink transmissions, and a measurement of the power level of a reference signal received from a donor DU via a backhaul downlink transmission. The power control adjustment can be transmitted to the donor distributed unit device, which uses the power control adjustment to reduce the amount of power of downlink transmissions to the relay distributed unit device.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Arunabha Ghosh, Thomas Novlan, Xiaoyi Wang, Ralf Bendlin, Aditya Chopra
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Publication number: 20190334831Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for creating cross-service chains of virtual network functions in a wide area network. A controller can receive a chain request from a requestor. The chain request can specify functionality that is to be included in a service chain. The functionality can include a first function and a second function. The controller can compute a route associated with the service chain. The route can specify a first site that hosts a first service that provides the first function and a second site that hosts a second service that provides the second function. A first virtual network function can be located at the first site and a second virtual network function can be located at the second site. The controller can configure edge devices and forwarding devices to various entities at the two sites to enable the cross-service virtual network function chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Abhigyan, Kaustubh Joshi, Richard Schlichting, Matti Hiltunen, Yoji Ozawa
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Publication number: 20190334221Abstract: A dielectric waveguide coupling system for launching and extracting guided wave communication transmissions from a wire. At millimeter-wave frequencies, wherein the wavelength is small compared to the macroscopic size of the equipment, transmissions can propagate as guided waves guided by a strip of dielectric material. Unlike conventional waveguides, the electromagnetic field associated with the dielectric waveguide is primarily outside of the waveguide. When this dielectric waveguide strip is brought into close proximity to a wire, the guided waves decouple from the dielectric waveguide and couple to the wire, and continue to propagate as guided waves about the surface of the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Donald J. Barnickel, Farhad Barzegar, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Publication number: 20190334776Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for creating and using service control functions. The service control functions can detect a message via an adapter function. The message can relate to a service controlled by the service control functions. Service policies can be accessed. The service policies can include message handling policies and can be accessed to determine if a policy relating to the message exists. If a determination is made that the policy exists, the message and the policy can be analyzed to determine an action to take with respect to the message, and the action can be initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Walter Cooper Chastain, Reuben Klein, Dean Bragg, John Oetting, Frank Cariello, Paul Edward Smith, JR.
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Publication number: 20190334582Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for modulating a first electrical signal to generate first modulated electromagnetic waves, and transmitting the first modulated electromagnetic waves on a waveguide located in proximity to a transmission medium. In one embodiment, the first electromagnetic waves can induce second electromagnetic waves that propagate on an outer surface of the transmission medium. The second electromagnetic waves can have a first spectral range that is divided into, contains or otherwise includes a first control channel and a first plurality of bands. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Publication number: 20190333096Abstract: 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, the operations including: creating an initial block in a blockchain, wherein the initial block includes first information describing an advertisement spot generated by a viewer device; adding second information to the initial block that identifies a purchaser of the advertisement spot; calculating a cryptographic hash for the initial block; and sending a copy of the cryptographic hash to a network element of a communications network, wherein the network element records the copy of the cryptographic hash in a hash ledger. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Lars Johnson, Hans Fischmann, Cristina Serban, Jennifer Morovitz, Paul Giura
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Publication number: 20190334244Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, an antenna system includes a dielectric antenna having a feed-point, wherein the dielectric antenna is a single antenna having a plurality of antenna beam patterns. At least one cable having a plurality of conductorless dielectric cores is coupled to the feed-point of the dielectric antenna, each of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns. A core selector switch couples electromagnetic waves from a source to a selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores, the selected one of the plurality of conductorless dielectric cores corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of antenna beam patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Donald J. Barnickel, Farhad Barzegar, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Publication number: 20190335236Abstract: A method and system for remote viewing of multimedia content using a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) is configured to duplicate multimedia content displayed on a first MCDN terminal device and route the duplicate multimedia content to a second MCDN terminal device. The MCDN terminal devices may be coupled to a local network at an MCDN client premises. The MCDN terminal devices may also include wireless telephony devices for mobile remote viewing functionality. The method may include transcoding of the multimedia content into a format suitable for the second MCDN terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Jerald Robert Howcroft, Michael Raftelis
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Publication number: 20190334612Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
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Publication number: 20190334824Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining predicted available bandwidths for an end user device, monitoring buffer occupancy of a buffer of the end user device, determining bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy, and adjusting bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy during streaming of the media content to the end user device over a wireless network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rittwik Jana, Jeffrey Erman, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Emir Halepovic, Rakesh Sinha, Xuan Kelvin Zou
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Patent number: 10462657Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of the same mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on detecting device identification information associated with a registration request. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Walter Cooper Chastain, Stephen Emille Chin
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Patent number: 10459910Abstract: Methods, systems, and products characterize consistency of data in a stream warehouse. A warehouse table is derived from a continuously received a stream of data. The warehouse table is stored in memory as a plurality of temporal partitions, with each temporal partition storing data within a contiguous range of time. A level of consistency is assigned to each temporal partition in the warehouse table.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Theodore Johnson, Lukasz Golab
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Patent number: 10460308Abstract: Crowd-location based analytics for transactions are provided. An assembly of mobile devices in a cell sector (or, in some embodiments, a cell) of wireless coverage can be determined. The assembly can be referred to as a crowd and can comprise a number of mobile devices greater than the cell sector's average device occupation. Organization entities located within the cell sector also can be identified. A demand or interest for an asset (e.g., a service or merchandise) can be determined for the mobile device based at least on a device profile. The demand or interest can be associated with the organization entity that can provide the asset. Promotional information related to the asset can be sent to the mobile device and/or a device associated with the organization entity. The mobile device can present at least a portion of such information and a transaction related to the asset can be performed otherwise facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.PInventors: Venson Shaw, Mark Easley
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Patent number: 10461821Abstract: Precoder weights can be indicated to a carrier unit to increase network efficiency. To indicate precoder weights to the carrier unit, various types of precoding data can be used to schedule user equipment. For example, a baseband unit can compress precoding coefficients for channel state information reference signals for a remote radio unit and for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to reduce a signaling cost between the remote radio unit and the baseband unit. Because both the baseband unit and the remote radio unit can have access to the basis vectors the basis vectors can be multiplied by coefficients to transmit the compressed weight of the basis vectors. Thus, allowing the remote radio unit to reconstruct the basis vector for the channel state information reference signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: SaiRamesh Nammi, Arunabha Ghosh, Milap Majmundar, Aditya Chopra