Patents Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc,
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Patent number: 12367031Abstract: The system scans a RAN associated with a wireless telecommunication network to obtain an indication of a hardware status and a software status associated with the RAN. The system determines whether there is an update to the hardware or software status associated with the RAN. Upon determining there is the update, the system obtains from a first database an indication of a remote radio head configured to test the update. Based on the indication of the remote radio head, the system obtains from a second database multiple UEs configured to test the update. The system tests the update by causing the remote radio head to send a communication to a UE among the multiple UEs. The system obtains logs associated with the communication and, based on the logs, determines whether the update passes the tests.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Sharath Somashekar, Diego Estrella Chavez, Rashmi Kumar, Jennifer Feria Reyes
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Patent number: 12368658Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting throughput in a network are described herein. The systems and methods use, in some examples, impaired DNS lookup times to predict what a throughput measurement would have been at the time of the issue had a measurement been taken. Using impaired DNS lookup times rather than constantly measuring throughput can reduce the workload of the cellular network while also reducing the storage capacity needed to measure throughput values for all of the devices using the cellular network. Throughput prediction may be used in other ways, including, but not limited to, device testing and assessment.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Aditi Saluja, Ruchir Sinha, Scott Toborg
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Patent number: 12368653Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to managing discoverability of Session Management Functions (SMFs) in mobile networks based on connectivity to peer network functions (NFs). In particular, the systems, devices, and techniques can be implemented in fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to provide capability for an SMF to monitor connectivity with one or more peer network NFs, determine the connectivity with the one or more peer NFs does not satisfy a threshold level of connectivity with the peer NFs, and determine to suspend assignment of new calls and connections to the SMF. The SMF may then transmit a message to a network resource function (NRF) associated with the SMF to modify at least one status of the SMF at the NRF to cause the suspension of the assignment of the new calls and connections to the SMF.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Narayanan Govindan Kasi, Saravana Velusamy
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Patent number: 12369033Abstract: Described herein are techniques for enabling remote implementation and enforcement of usage settings on one or more user devices. In some embodiments, a wireless carrier network maintains information on relationships between various user devices. Each relationship may be active under specified conditions (e.g., time and/or location) and is associated with usage settings that dictate one or more rules to be enforced while the relationship is active. In some embodiments, a set of usage settings may be generated for a particular user device based on all active relationships associated with that user device. The set of usage settings may be enforced by a mobile application installed upon a user device or by a wireless carrier network that blocks certain network traffic to and/or from the user device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Parag Garg, Nicholas LaVassar, Christopher Painter, George MacDonald
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Patent number: 12363501Abstract: A computer system obtains information describing a geographical area segmented into multiple first clusters serviced by a telecommunications network. Multiple test locations are identified within the first clusters. Each test location is located within a grid of the geographical area. Each first cluster is recursively segmented into multiple second clusters until a difference between a number of test locations within each second cluster and a target number of test locations is less than a threshold number of test locations. A route is generated connecting test locations within each second cluster, using a routing application programming interface for performing drive testing of the telecommunications network. The computer system sends the route to one or more computer devices for performing the drive testing at the test locations in a sequence corresponding to the route.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Nirmal Chandrasekaran
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Patent number: 12363521Abstract: Techniques for enabling real time translation and transcription services between users that have contacted emergency services and PSAP operators who are coordinating the emergency services are discussed herein. For example, a system determines that the user and the PSAP operator speak different language, are unable to effectively hear each other, or are otherwise struggling to communicate effectively. The system can determine that an augmentation of the communication session is to be provided and can initiate translation or transcription services via network edge computing resources. The network edge computing resources are configured to generate the augmented communication data and enable the communication network to merge the augmented communication data and the original communication data in real time.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Hsin Fu Henry Chiang, Yasmin Karimli, Syed Toaha Ahmad
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Patent number: 12363564Abstract: The system receives multiple alarms indicating the issue associated with the network and obtains multiple categories associated with the multiple alarms. The category indicates a component associated with the network. Based on the multiple categories, the system creates a correlation signature associated with the multiple alarms. The system obtains historical data including a historical correlation signature that is the same as the correlation signature, a cause associated with the historical correlation signature, and an indication of accuracy associated with the cause. The system determines whether the indication of accuracy satisfies a first criterion. Upon determining that the indication of accuracy satisfies the first criterion, the system makes a prediction that the cause associated with the multiple alarms indicating the issue is the same as the cause associated with the historical correlation signature.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Prabha Jayaram
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Patent number: 12363575Abstract: Solutions for dynamically toggling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) interleaving include: a base station receiving radio measurement reports from a user equipment (UE); based on at least the radio measurement reports, determining that radio reception by the UE meets a threshold; based on at least meeting the threshold, ceasing to interleave data on the PDCCH. The base station continues to monitor radio measurement reports from the UE, and based on at least the radio measurement reports indicating that radio reception by the UE meets a second threshold, resuming interleaving data transmitted on the PDCCH. In some examples, UEs are managed in broadcast groups (e.g., UEs within a common in a cell sector), and interleaving or ceasing interleaving is based on a determination of whether all UEs in the broadcast group are able to forego interleaving.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
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Patent number: 12356341Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a system and method for allocating resource blocks to a mobile device based on a traffic priority of wireless resources between the network and the mobile device. Traffic priority can be determined based on quality of service (QOS) identifiers or network slice identifiers. The highest priority users are allocated inner resource blocks with the lowest allowed maximum power reduction (MPR), the lowest priority users are allocated edge resource blocks with the highest allowed MPR, and the intermediate priority users are allocated outer resource blocks.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Nishant Patel, Jasinder P. Singh
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Patent number: 12356501Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method to route a call from a roaming UE on a 5G network. The system receives from a UE belonging to a home network an indication of a call to a dialed number. The call requires information associated with the UE that is not available to the first wireless telecommunication network, because the UE is roaming on a visitor network. The indication of the call includes a unique identifier of the visitor network. The system can determine based on the unique identifier that the UE is roaming and send a request to the visitor network to provide instructions on how to route the received call. Upon obtaining the instructions on how to route the received call, the system routes the received call.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
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Patent number: 12356332Abstract: Method and system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of a terrestrial wireless telecommunications network are disclosed. The system monitors a current energy consumption metric of the terrestrial network, predicts an energy consumption metric of the terrestrial network in a future time period based on at least one triggering event, and determines an available capacity metric of a non-terrestrial network in the future time period. When the energy consumption metric of the terrestrial network is greater than a first threshold and the available capacity metric of the non-terrestrial network is greater than a second threshold, the system causes the terrestrial network to enter an energy conservation mode of operation by transferring a first call or a first data session from a RAN cell of the terrestrial network to the non-terrestrial network and further causes the RAN cell to enter a low power mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2024Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 12348501Abstract: System and methods for inter-network user equipment (UE) registration are described herein. A managed access system (MAS) network may receive a request for services from an unauthorized UE and may generate a registration request that it transmits to the UE's home network using a call session control function (CSCF) and the Cx interface. One or more diameter routing agents on the path between the MAS network and the destination network may determine whether the registration request was received on the Cx network and if not, may discard the message. Other criteria may also be used to determine whether to forward such requests.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Prannoy Kiran Saride, Raymond Thomas Ball, Kenroy Dwight Shaw
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Patent number: 12342170Abstract: Techniques for neutralizing malicious malware embedded in a media item being sent to a user equipment (UE) are discussed herein. A network device may receive (e.g., intercept) a medial file in transit via a wireless communication network being sent to a UE. The media file may include some type of perceptible content (e.g., audio, video, image data, etc.) as well as malware embedded in the media file. The network device may generate a transcoded media file based on the received media file that includes the perceptible content while neutralizing the malware.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Cameron Byrne
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Patent number: 12342172Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to use of an optimized security mode command (SMC) procedure for securing communications. When connecting to a different cellular network (e.g., from a 5th generation (5G) Radio Access Network (RAN)) to a different cellular network (e.g., a 4th generation (4G) RAN), a User Equipment (UE) performs the SMC procedure without processing subsequent commands until a period of time has elapsed. Instead of allowing the UE to process subsequent commands received close in time to receiving the SMC, the subsequent commands may be delayed/suspended so that the UE has time to perform the SMC procedure and establish secure communications with the 4G LTE network. According to some examples, the delay is set to a period of time (e.g., 1 ms, 10 ms, or some other value) such that the subsequent command does not interfere with performing the SMC procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
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Patent number: 12342423Abstract: Systems and methods for taking actions in response to a condition or state of a mobile device are disclosed. The system receives interactions between agents and subscribers of a telecommunications service provider relating to use of the mobile device to access a network. The system accesses subscriber data for the subscriber based on the interactions, the subscriber data including a coverage map. The system determines a usage pattern characterizing the use of the mobile device to access the network. And the system uses the interactions, the subscriber data, and the usage pattern to recommend an action to respond to a condition or state associated with the mobile device. The action can include updating the mobile device, changing a device state, or replacing the mobile device. In some implementations, the system trains and uses a machine learning model to recommend the action and/or to identify and access the subscriber data.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Phi Hoang Nguyen, Veeraseshamamba Venigalla
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Patent number: 12335438Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a spoofed telephone call identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a placement of a telephone call from a second computing device to a third computing device, wherein the data includes a phone number of the second computing device. The actions further include determining characteristics of the phone number of the second computing device. The actions further include, based on the characteristics of the phone number of the second computing device, determining a likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed. The actions further include, based on the likelihood that the phone number of the second computing device is spoofed, determining whether to transmit a notification of the telephone call to the third computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Parag Garg, Derrick Ives, Michele Lundahl, Helen Wang
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Patent number: 12336037Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to reducing or minimizing session establishment delay with redundant deployment of policy control nodes are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, by a first communication node configured to provide policy control in a communication network, a request for establishing a communication session with a mobile device. The method also includes determining, by the first communication node, that a failure has occurred between the first communication node and a second communication node for establishing the communication session, and transmitting, by the first communication node, a notification to a third communication node indicating information about the failure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Shon Anil Lonkar
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Patent number: 12335431Abstract: This disclosure is directed to techniques for directly managing, via a cellular modem device, an in-home Internet service subscription plan for using an in-home Internet service from a wireless carrier network. The cellular modem device may facilitate adjustment of the in-home Internet subscription plan by monitoring Internet service usage at the cellular modem device and then comparing a monitored Internet service usage with a corresponding threshold value. Based on this comparison, the cellular modem device may present to the subscriber a selection that correspond to different adjustments in the subscription plan. The cellular modem device may then send a request for adjustment to Internet service provider based on a user-entered selection and a notification is thereafter received by the cellular modem device for the adjustment of the subscription plan by the Internet service provider.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Kanakrai Chauhan
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Patent number: 12328644Abstract: Systems and methods for registering a location tracking device affixed to an item or other merchandise with a cellular or mobile network provider associated with the purchaser are described herein. In some cases, user equipment in physical proximity to the location tracking device may establish a connection with the location tracking device to facilitate the registration process between the network provider and the location tracking device. Once the registration is complete, the location tracking device may establish a direct connection with the cellular or mobile network of the network provider such that the network provider is able to monitor the location of the location tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Jean Cheryl Trakinat, Scott Francis Migaldi, Karri Mikael Kuoppamaki, Mark L. Younge
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Patent number: 12314961Abstract: Continuous and non-episodic user sessions in a virtual world are facilitated by providing a virtual service center with alternative virtual experiences selected to retain user presence in the virtual world. The virtual service center is associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) of a telecommunications network and is provided to enable resolution or fulfillment of network service issues indicated by users. The alternative virtual experiences are selected and users driven thereto to continuously engage users in the virtual world outside of the immediate context of their service issues and resolution thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Jie Hui, Joohyung Kim