Patents Assigned to AT & T
  • Patent number: 11997567
    Abstract: An evolved multimedia broadcast multicast services (eMBMS) core may map sensor data or telemetry data from a central repository server (e.g., tag it with an area code from where the data is being generated) to a service area. The eMBMS core may inform the radio access network to create a service area for the specific area code, which may be part of or an entire city, county, or the like. Then the radio access network may broadcast the data to the vehicles or devices in the specific area code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Sreejith Menon
  • Patent number: 11995739
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information about an augmented reality (AR) environment which includes a plurality of objects and a user participating in the AR environment, the user viewing the AR environment through a user equipment, receiving context information for the AR environment, identifying a diminished reality (DR) object of the plurality of objects, wherein the identifying is responsive to the context information, modifying the AR environment to render the DR object invisible to the user viewing the AR environment through user equipment, monitoring movement of one or more objects of the AR environment including the DR object, and modifying visibility of the DR object to the user viewing the AR environment through user equipment as a notification of a possible collision between the user and the DR object, wherein the modifying is responsive to detecting a risk of collision. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Terrel Michael LeCesne, Eric Zavesky, Jason Allen DeCuir, James H. Pratt
  • Patent number: 11996958
    Abstract: Identifying a coherence time associated with a user equipment (UE) and a coherence bandwidth associated with the UE, determining a coherence block based on the coherence time and the coherence bandwidth, determining whether the coherence block satisfies a threshold, based on a first determination that the coherence block satisfies the threshold, employing a plurality of modular antenna arrays in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the UE, and, based on a second determination that the coherence block does not satisfy the threshold, employing the plurality of modular antenna arrays in single-user (Su)-MIMO for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Patent number: 11997578
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a network from a plurality of mobile devices via a plurality of installed SDKs, sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of mobile devices, where the sensor data includes geomagnetic data captured within a particular building; providing, over the network, the sensor data to a geomagnetic mapping server to enable generation of a geomagnetic footprint for the particular building that is aggregated with indoor mapping data for the particular building and stored as a map in a mapping repository; and providing, over the network, the map of the particular building to a communication device for presentation at the communication device along with real-time locations of first responders in the particular building, where the real-time locations are determined according to real-time sensor data including real-time geomagnetic data captured by sensors of the first responders. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: David Hildebrant, Mingwun Li, Shih-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 11996888
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, causing, by a processing system including a processor, a first optical signal to be conveyed within a first communication device from a first component of the first communication device to a second component of the first communication device via a first fiber including a first hollow core fiber, and causing, by the processing system, the first optical signal to be transmitted from the first communication device to a second communication device via a second fiber. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ricky Perry, Abdellah Tazi
  • Patent number: 11995035
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving a plurality of data request specifications from a plurality of user endpoint devices of requesting users, aggregating a subset of the plurality of data request specifications which share a similarity into a super request, retrieving a plurality of datasets, wherein the plurality of datasets is needed to fulfill the super request, aggregating the plurality of datasets into a single data superset, and delivering the single data superset to the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users via a data pipeline, where the delivering includes segregating the single data superset so that each user endpoint device of the plurality of user endpoint devices of the requesting users receives a portion of the single data superset corresponding to one data request specification of the plurality of data request specifications that was submitted by the each user endpoint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellect al P Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Fan, Steven Polston, Sanjay Agraharam, Michelle Martens, Arun Gupta
  • Patent number: 11995220
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying, during a CPU's execution of a first program, a branching instruction of the first program that redirects execution to a second program. Responsive to the identifying of the branching instruction, a return address of a next instruction of the first program is encrypted. The encrypted return address is transferred to the second program without the CPU retaining a record of the return address. The encrypted return address is received from the second program responsive to its completion of execution. The received encrypted return address is decrypted to obtain the return address enabling a resumption of execution of the first program from the next instruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Cottrill, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Peter Hardie
  • Publication number: 20240167827
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving source information and destination information from a user device, receiving information defining an interactive application from the user device. determining, using network information of a mobility network, a navigation path from a source to a destination, the navigation path selected to enable continuous use of the interactive application with the user device on the mobility network during a journey from the source to the destination, and communicating navigation path information to the user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Sheoran, Jia Wang, He Yan, Timothy Geraghty, Tan Xu
  • Publication number: 20240169598
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to data transport compression and reduction based upon intra-content user focus. In one aspect disclosed herein, a device, such as an extended reality (“XR”) headset, can determine an intra-content focus area of a user viewing a display. The device can provide the intra-content focus area to a content server, which can determine a content portion associated with the intra-content focus area. The device can receive, from the content server, the content portion associated with the intra-content focus area. The device can present, via the display, the content portion to be viewed by the user. Moreover, the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can also take advantage of content pooling effects and save bandwidth for a population of users given a Pareto distribution of their viewing distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lucus Haugen, Jianlei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240171480
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, training a first machine learning model based on a combination of labeled training data and unlabeled training data, the first machine learning model producing augmented training data, training a second machine learning model based on a combination of the labeled training data and the augmented training data, receiving, at a client device, customer information about a service degradation at a user equipment (UE) device of a customer in a cellular network, providing the customer information to the second machine learning model, receiving, at the client device, from the second machine learning model, information identifying a root cause of the service degradation, and modifying a network component of the cellular network or the UE device, based on the information identifying a root cause of the service degradation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Sheoran, Xiaofeng Shi, Jia Wang, Chen Qian, Matthew Osinski
  • Publication number: 20240172023
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes providing, by a processing system including a processor, a controller function for a user plane function (UPF) of a communication network; the controller function facilitates automated procedures for authentication, deployment, configuration, testing, and/or controlling availability of the UPF, independent of a source of the UPF. The method also includes providing, by the processing system, an interface to facilitate communication between the controller function and the UPF; the controller function uses the interface to facilitate the procedures. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT& T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
    Inventors: David Midkiff, Douglas Eng.
  • Publication number: 20240165815
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a robot of a group of robots, a condition of the robot to obtain a determined result. A corrective plan is identified responsive to the determined result indicating a deficiency and a determination is made as to whether the robot is configured to perform the corrective plan. The corrective plan is executed responsive to a determination that the robot is configured to perform the corrective plan. Alternatively, assistance of a robot controller is requested responsive to the determining indicating the robot is not configured to perform the corrective plan. The robot controller is requested to initiate performance of the corrective plan. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240171799
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, defining at least one requirement for a capture of source content in the physical world, generating a request for the source content in accordance with the at least one requirement, obtaining first source content from a first content generator based on the request, and generating a digital representation of the physical world based on the first source content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Palazzo, Ari Craine, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Oliver Spatscheck, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20240172073
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards preventing a handover of a Wi-Fi call to a Fifth Generation (5G) standalone cellular network. In one alternative, a 5G standalone usage setting is disabled on a mobile device when Wi-Fi calling is enabled on the mobile device. In another alternative, a 5G standalone usage setting is disabled on a mobile device when Wi-Fi calling is enabled on the mobile device and the mobile device is connected to a Wi-Fi network, which facilitates camping on a 5G standalone network when the mobile device is not connected to a Wi-Fi network. In yet another alternative, a 5G standalone usage setting is disabled on a mobile device when an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) tunnel is set up on the mobile device, which similarly facilitates camping on a 5G standalone network when the ePDG tunnel is torn down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Hugh Shieh, William Rosenberg, Arnold Schrider
  • Publication number: 20240171508
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: 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 comprising: obtaining a first indication of a first decision to communicate with a first communication device via a wired network endpoint of a wired communication system, the first communication device being in communication with a base station of a wireless communication system at a time of a making of the first decision, the base station being configured for first communications with a network transport layer via a first link and the wired network endpoint being configured for second communications with the network transport layer via a second link; responsive to the obtaining the first indication, changing in a route information listing a first latency value for the first link, the first latency value being changed from a first original v
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, John B. Bartell, Hongyan Lei, Paul Edward Smith, JR., Venson Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240171479
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network, and obtaining a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity. Further embodiments can include obtaining a group of KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers, and determining a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs. Additional embodiments can include allocating a group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the KPI prediction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mehdi Malboubi, Eric Jung, Baofeng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240169363
    Abstract: An extended reality (“XR”) server computer can identify a plurality of XR objects present in an XR environment. The XR server computer can determine an owner for an XR object of the plurality of XR objects. The XR server computer can visually differentiate, based on the owner, the extended reality object from other extended reality objects of the plurality of extended reality objects. The XR environment can be a virtual reality (“VR”) environment, an augmented reality (“AR”) environment, or a mixed reality environment. The XR server computer can create an ownership chain for the owner. The XR server computer can assign the XR object and at least one additional XR object to the ownership chain. The XR server computer can receive a request to transfer ownership of the XR object and can commit the transfer from a source ownership chain to a destination ownership chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin, Lars Johnson, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240169051
    Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to providing a split ledger for securing extended reality (“XR”) environments. According to one aspect, an XR server computer can create an XR environment. The XR server computer can cause a passed ledger to be populated with an environment ID associated with the XR environment. The XR server computer can cause a hash ledger to be populated with a first hash of the environment ID. The XR server computer can register a user for participating in the XR environment and can cause the passed ledger to be populated with a user-created block associated with the user. The XR server computer can cause the hash ledger to be further populated with a second hash of the user-created block. The XR server computer can allow a user avatar associated with the user to join the XR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240169052
    Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to on-demand trusted extended reality (“XR”) environments. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user device can create a trusted list identifying at least one trusted XR environment. The user device can connect to an untrusted XR server computer and can allow a user avatar associated with a user to enter an untrusted XR environment provided by the untrusted XR server. The user device can detect an event for which a trusted XR environment is desired. The user device can select the trusted XR environment to handle the event. The user device can select the trusted XR environment from the trusted list. The user device can instruct the untrusted XR server computer to teleport the user avatar from the untrusted XR environment to the trusted XR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin, Lars Johnson, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Patent number: 11990943
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a security status of a wireless communication session comprising a back-haul link supporting a classical communication channel between a wireless access point and a wireless mobility core network. The classical communication channel is adapted to transport underlying data of the wireless communication session and, responsive to determining a change in the security status, associating with the wireless communication session a quantum communication channel adapted to transport information via qubits. Information is exchanged between the wireless access point and the mobility core network via the qubits of the quantum communication channel, wherein the exchanging of the information via the qubits enhances a security level of the wireless communication session in view of a perceived threat. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Moshiur Rahman