Patents Assigned to AT & T
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Publication number: 20240007210Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable medium with executable instructions that facilitate performance of operations by a processor including receiving a registration for a trajectory of a satellite; estimating a zone of occupancy at a future time for the satellite; determining an interference of the satellite from the zone of occupancy at the future time; determining a deconfliction for minimizing or eliminating the interference; and sending the deconfliction to a controller of the satellite. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James H. Pratt, Nigel Bradley, David Crawford Gibbon, Timothy Innes
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Publication number: 20240007909Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a communication device communicatively coupled to a serving base station, requesting a device type associated with the communication device from the serving base station, and determining the communication device comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle based on the device type. Further embodiments can include generating a customized radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message based on the communication device comprising the unmanned aerial vehicle, and transmitting the customized RRC reconfiguration message to the communication device via the serving base station. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Vivanco
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Patent number: 11863968Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment geolocation. Network measurement data associated with user equipment can be separated into static periods in which the user equipment was not moving, and moving periods in which the user equipment was moving. Static location processing can be applied to determine static locations from the static period network measurements, and moving location processing can be applied to determine moving locations from the moving period network measurements. Resulting static location information and moving location information can then be merged in order to improve the accuracy of both the static and the moving location information. The enhanced accuracy location information can be stored and used for any desired application.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Jie Chen, Wenjie Zhao, Abraham George
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Patent number: 11861632Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may provide for the auto-determination of partial usage of a physical environment and use derived intelligence to take various actions. This may allow for partial resulting maintenance of the physical environment based on a single use or use over time.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Koch, Nikhil Marathe, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Eric Zavesky, Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley
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Patent number: 11860289Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment geolocation. Network measurement data associated with user equipment can be separated into static periods in which the user equipment was not moving, and moving periods in which the user equipment was moving. Static location processing can be applied to determine static locations from the static period network measurements, and moving location processing can be applied to determine moving locations from the moving period network measurements. Resulting static location information and moving location information can then be merged in order to improve the accuracy of both the static and the moving location information. The enhanced accuracy location information can be stored and used for any desired application.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Jie Chen, Wenjie Zhao, Abraham George
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Patent number: 11860744Abstract: A processing system may apply a binary classifier to detect whether a first data pattern of a first data source associated with a communication network performance indicator is consistent with prior data patterns of the first data source that are labeled as correct data patterns, determine, via the binary classifier, that the first data pattern is not consistent, apply a clustering model to a first input data set comprising the first data pattern and invalid data patterns of the first data source to obtain a first plurality of clusters, verify that the first data pattern is an invalid data pattern when the first plurality of clusters is the same as a second plurality of clusters generated by applying the clustering model to a second input data set comprising the invalid data patterns, and replace the first data source with a replacement data source as an active data source in response.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ke Xu, Weihua Ye, Hyun Ok Lee
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Patent number: 11863430Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a set of SRLGs associated with a set of link bundles, wherein the set of SRLGs comprises for each SRLG in the set of SRLGs an indication for each failed link bundle in a particular SRLG a respective bandwidth failure fraction, and wherein for at least one of the failed link bundles the failure is less than a complete failure; generating a set of dominance relationships among the SRLGs in the set of SRLGs, and generating, based at least in part upon the set of SRLGs and the set of dominance relationships a packed set of SRLGs, wherein the packed set of SRLGs comprises a subset of the set of SRLGs. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Narayan Padi, Gagan Choudhury, Kenichi Futamura, Shweta Vachhani, Alvin C. Goddard, Timothy E. Gallivan, Harpreet Ahluwalia
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Patent number: 11863651Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, specification of network service functions (e.g., a firewall or network address translation appliance) to be included in a service function path. Routers in a communication network may publish information regarding reachable network service functions and an API may be exposed that provides the information regarding the reachable network service functions. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Avinash Lingala, Saud Asif, Sunil Maloo, James Uttaro, Kevin D'Souza
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Patent number: 11864221Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a network to identify a first amount of traffic in the network, determining, in accordance with the monitoring, that the first amount of traffic in the network exceeds a threshold, and modifying a priority class for a first communication device responsive to the determining that the first amount of traffic in the network exceeds the threshold, wherein the priority class controls access by the first communication device to a resource of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Jeffrey Carl, Suja John, Salim Patel, Vivian McDaniel, Chris San Gaspar
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Publication number: 20230421646Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining information regarding a metaverse object and data regarding network resources, deriving a mapping between the metaverse object and one or more of the network resources based on the information and the data, and providing a hybrid service design and orchestration (H-SDO) system with access to the mapping to facilitate selection of particular network resources for supporting one or more metaverse service requests relating to the metaverse object. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Zhi Cui
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Publication number: 20230419235Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first positional information comprising a location of a non-stationary entity mobile within an environment, the first positional information obtained from a service provider monitoring a positional status of the non-stationary entity within the environment. A path of the non-stationary entity is predicted according to the first positional information. A delivery device mobile within the environment is directed according to the predicted path to deliver an item to the non-stationary entity. Second positional information is obtained, identifying a location of the delivery device within the environment. A separation distance is calculated between the location of the non-stationary entity and the location of the delivery device within the environment and a delivery opportunity is detected based upon the separation distance not exceeding a threshold distance. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei
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Publication number: 20230421448Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network system, comprising a plurality of access networks including access network resources, a plurality of transport networks including transport network resources, a plurality of core networks including core network resources, and a hybrid software-defined network (H-SDN), wherein the access network resources, the transport network resources, and the core network resources are abstracted into respective universal resource ports, resulting in a plurality of universal resource ports, and wherein the H-SDN leverages metaverse resources and select universal resource ports of the plurality of universal resource ports to facilitate end-to-end metaverse service delivery. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei, Ye Chen
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Publication number: 20230421200Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating operations. The operations may include transmitting a first electromagnetic wave, where the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along a first transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and transmitting a second electromagnetic wave, where the second electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along a second transmission medium without requiring the electrical return path, the second transmission medium being different from the first transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Donald J. Barnickel, Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas M. Willis, III, Peter Wolniansky
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Publication number: 20230422157Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system creates a network element by consolidating a control plane including a combination of a plurality of 5G control plane functions and a plurality of IMS control plane functions with an associated user plane including a combination of a 5G user plane function (UPF) and one or more IMS user plane functions. The method also includes deploying the network element at a network edge of the service provider network, receiving a request from a user endpoint (UE) device for a network service, and attaching the UE to the network element. The network element is configured to facilitate providing the requested network service. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Chaoxin Qiu, Min Lu, Eric Ashby
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Patent number: 11853197Abstract: A method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes monitoring a software repository for code changes, detecting a code change in a software instance that is stored in the software repository, generating a container image of the software instance in response to the detecting, creating a container for the container image, wherein the container encapsulates software needed to run a test suite on the software instance, configuring a testing platform for a development environment used to create the software instance, executing the test suite for the software instance by running the software encapsulated in the container on the testing platform, and publishing a test output of the test suite as a human-readable scorecard for the software instance.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Andrew Leasck, Douglas Paul Schveninger, Oded Le'Sage, Bryan Strassner, Kelly Carter
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Publication number: 20230413137Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include identifying, by a processing system including a processor, a type of a communication service being provided to a communication device, wherein the communication service is facilitated via a first signal that is transmitted to the communication device, the first signal having a first frequency, determining, by the processing system, a degree of a mobility of the communication device relative to a communication range of a first frequency band, the first frequency included in the first frequency band, and causing, by the processing system and based on the type of the communication service and the degree of the mobility of the communication device, a second signal to be transmitted to the communication device as part of the communication service, wherein the second signal has a second frequency included in a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Hongyan Lei, Yupeng Jia
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Publication number: 20230412622Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first group of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from a group of network devices, and determining a second group of IP addresses from the first group of IP addresses includes possible malicious IP addresses utilizing a machine learning application. Further embodiments can include obtaining a first group of attributes of malicious IP addresses from a first repository, and determining a third group of IP addresses from the second group of IP addresses includes possible malicious IP addresses based on the first group of attributes. Additional embodiments can include receiving user-generated input indicating a fourth group of IP addresses from the third group of IP addresses includes possible malicious IP addresses, and transmitting a notification to a group of communication devices indicating that the fourth group of IP address includes possible malicious IP addresses. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan, Ganesh Subramaniam, Robert Archibald
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Publication number: 20230413189Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, methods and apparatus to configure low power transmitters that operate in unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the low power transmitters will cause interference to incumbent operators of fixed microwave links in the same 6 GHz spectrum. The low power transmitters may be any transmitter in the unlicensed spectrum, including for example, low power indoor access points, 5G small cells, and the like. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Feng Wang
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Publication number: 20230410159Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining contextual information associated with a user, wherein the user is engaged in an immersive environment using a target user device, and wherein the contextual information comprises user profile data, data regarding a location of the user, data regarding one or more inputs provided by the user, or a combination thereof, receiving data regarding a metaverse object in the immersive environment, determining a relevance of the metaverse object to the user based on the contextual information and the data regarding the metaverse object, responsive to the determining the relevance of the metaverse object to the user, generating a personalized recommendation or review of the metaverse object for the user, and causing the personalized recommendation or review to be provided to the user in the immersive environment for user consumption. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Jean-Francois Paiement, Aritra Guha, Qiong Wu, Wen-Ling Hsu, Jianxiong Dong, Tan Xu
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Publication number: 20230413307Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a broadband modem that includes a wireless modem and a wireline modem. A traffic integrate and split unit (TISU) within the broadband modem may split uplink data between the wireless and wireline connection based on a scheduling criteria. The TISU may also integrate or combine downlink data received by the wireless and wireline modems. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Weidong Allen Hu, Prabhakara Aithal