AT&T Patents

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  • Patent number: 12026295
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to pictograms as digitally recognizable tangible controls. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user system can include a processing component and a memory component. The memory component can include instructions of a pictogram digitization module. The user system can capture, via a camera component, an image containing a pictogram that is a digitally recognizable tangible manifestation of a digital control. The user system can determine, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control associated with the pictogram. The user system can implement, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control. The digital control can include a digital content, an action, or a context. The user system can create, via the pictogram digitization module, a digital interface that includes the digital control. In some embodiments, the pictogram includes a formal pictogram. In other embodiments, the pictogram includes an informal pictogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan Schaub, Barrett Kreiner
  • Patent number: 12028124
    Abstract: Architectures and techniques are presented that can provide point-to-point analysis to generate an improved signal strength prediction (SSP) based on, e.g., earth surface image data processing and analysis to draw conclusions of line of sight (LOS) along the propagation path between a BTS or another AP transmitter and CPE receiver. For example, USGS image data and/or elevation data of locations are identified to correspond to signal propagation between the transmitter and receiver can be analyzed for LOS signal quality at a fixed location, in addition to the statistical model prediction of the RF signal quality. As a result, foliage or terrain that obstructs the LOS can be identified and utilized to improve SSP by eliminating the additional pathloss due to LOS obstructions. Such can provide a significant improvement to SSP results that are conventionally predicted by statistical models rather than a point-to-point analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Zhen Wan, Xiaoyu Wang, Ravi Raina, Eric Antonio Alino, Zhefeng Li
  • Patent number: 12028483
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for communications network security for handling proxy voice calls that employ a voicebot. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a call handling system can intercept, from a communications network, a call request that is directed to a called target device. The call handling system can determine that the call request was generated by a voicebot on behalf of a user equipment. The call handling system can suspend the call request from being routed to the called target device. The call handling system can generate a voicebot confirmation request that identifies the voicebot and the user equipment. The call handling system can provide the voicebot confirmation request to the called target. The call request can be suspended while the voicebot confirmation request is provided to the called target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Miranda Huet, James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Gregory Edwards
  • Patent number: 12028581
    Abstract: A method can be provided which includes receiving a channel line-up for an over-the-top media content system, receiving a preferred channel line-up containing a portion of the channel line-up, displaying individual channels of the channels of the preferred channel line-up in a preferred order on a display associated with the processor, monitoring a location of the processor while displaying the preferred channel line-up, determining whether the location of the processor corresponds to a channel exclusion zone, and removing excluded channels from the channel line-up based on the channel exclusion zone. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Piepenbrink, Stephen Rys
  • Patent number: 12028410
    Abstract: Systems and methods may create and manage hybrid clouds including both standard compute nodes and edge devices. Edge devices can be enrolled in a hybrid cloud by deploying a lightweight container to the edge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Amento, Robert J. Hall, Kaustubh Joshi, Kermit Hal Purdy
  • Patent number: 12028780
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with the communication device using control-plane signaling. The timing advance data is processed using location data regarding the network element to determine a geolocation of the communication device. The geolocation is stored at a storage device; the network device and storage device are included in a secure portion of the network. The geolocation is provided to equipment of a network customer accessing the secure portion of the network via a secure interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Bartlett, Jordan Alexander, Thomas Becker
  • Patent number: 12028309
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards delivering electronic messages from senders to recipients in an intelligent way, based on the determined likelihood of each recipient acting on a message. Message delivery can be delayed upon delayed message delivery criterion being satisfied, based on user profile data the user establishes for each messaging application. Predicted recipient user availably, predicted recipient user receptivity and/or the identity of the sender, for example, can be used as factors in determining delivery data representing the likelihood of a recipient acting on a message. Delivery of the message is to a recipient's device is delayed when the delivery data satisfies delayed delivery criterion. The delayed delivery time can be determined from the recipient user's predicted availably and/or receptivity data, and/or the identity of the sender. The sender is notified of a delayed message delivery, and can be presented with options as to other actions to take.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12026495
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for creating and using native virtual probes in computing environments. A request for a service that includes a virtual function can be received, where the virtual function is to be monitored by a native virtual probe. An image of the service can be obtained, where the image can include a first image component for the virtual function and a second image component for the native virtual probe. The image can be deployed. Deployment of the image can result in instantiation of the virtual function on a computing device and instantiation of the native virtual probe on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jiansong Wang, Joseph Mueller
  • Patent number: 12028424
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a management manifest for a network function (NF) software application, wherein the NF software application is to be deployed in a cloud computing environment, based on the generating the management manifest, deriving a software package that includes the NF software application and the management manifest, and causing the software package to be outputted for deployment in the cloud computing environment, wherein inclusion of the management manifest with the NF software application in the software package facilitates utilization of the management manifest for monitoring and management of a system that results from deployment of the NF software application in the cloud computing environment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Sean Simon
  • Patent number: 12028939
    Abstract: A closed loop carrier sense multiple access multiuser request to send and clear to send handshaking system is provided to efficiently allocate licensed and unlicensed spectrum for a plurality of mobile devices and across different base stations and mobile network operators. A user equipment device can be connected to a base station device via a first frequency in licensed spectrum, and a second frequency in unlicensed spectrum. The air interface on the first frequency can then be used to coordinate physical and virtual carrier sensing on a second frequency among a plurality of user equipment devices. Moreover, carrier sensing results from a plurality of UEs can be reported a base station device via the first frequency in licensed spectrum. The base station device can then schedule multiple user multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmissions to a plurality of UEs on the second frequency in unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ralf Bendlin, Thomas Novlan, Arunabha Ghosh, Abdulrauf Hafeez
  • Patent number: 12026390
    Abstract: In one example, a processing system may identify a type of data contained in a first dataset that is to be stored in a storage array, wherein the storage array comprises a plurality of storage zones, and wherein the plurality of storage zones includes at least two different types of storage technologies. The processing system may generate a metadata file for the first dataset that contains self-describing information for the first dataset, wherein the metadata file is generated based on the type of the data, and wherein the self-describing information defines a manner, a time, and a location for storing the first dataset. The processing system may send the first dataset to a first storage zone of the plurality of storage zones, wherein the self-describing information includes an instruction to send the first dataset to the first storage zone for at least a defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellect al Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Biren Parekh, William C. Cottrill
  • Patent number: 12028374
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, at a device, a message over a communication network from a remote source, determining if the message includes executable code and initiating a virtual machine in an isolated portion of the memory of the device responsive to the determining the message include executable code. Aspects of the subject disclosure further include executing, by the virtual machine, the executable code within the isolated portion of the memory, monitoring, by an artificial intelligence module, activities of the executable code during the executing the executable code and determining if the executable code comprises malicious code responsive to the monitoring activities of the executable code. Aspects of the disclosure further include deleting the executable code from the device in response to a determination that the executable code comprises malicious code. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Dylan Reid
  • Patent number: 12026269
    Abstract: Image processing device security is provided herein. A method can include assembling, by a first system comprising a processor using a first virtual machine enabled via the first system, raw input data captured by an image capture device from an input image, resulting in assembled input data; generating, by the first system using a second virtual machine that is enabled via the first system and distinct from the first virtual machine, an output image from the assembled input data; reading, by the first system in response to the generating, the output image; and preventing, by the first system, a second system, distinct from the first system, from accessing the output image in response to the reading resulting in execution of unauthorized instructions at the first system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Joseph Soryal
  • Patent number: 12028369
    Abstract: A processing system may identify a plurality of user interaction data associated with a target category of a plurality of users, identify a relevant subset of user interaction data, compress the plurality of user interaction data to the relevant subset of user interaction data, train a machine learning model with the relevant subset of user interaction data, obtain additional user interaction data associated with an additional user, identify a relevant subset of the additional user interaction data, apply the relevant subset of the additional user interaction data as an input to the machine learning model, obtain an output of the machine learning model quantifying a measure of which the relevant subset of the additional user interaction data is indicative of the target category, and perform at least one action responsive to the measure of which the relevant subset of the additional user interaction data is indicative of the target category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Rajasekharan, Seyed Amir Mir Bagheri, James Pratt
  • Publication number: 20240214997
    Abstract: Facilitating improved performance in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) with multiple transmission points is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining respective port numbers for respective ranks of a first transmission to a user equipment device. The operations also can comprise receiving an indication, from a second network device, of a first demodulation reference signal associated with a port number for a rank of a second transmission to the user equipment device from the second network device. Further, the operations can comprise facilitating a conveyance of the first transmission to the user equipment device. The first transmission can comprise a second demodulation reference signal on a different port number than the port number associated with the second transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: SaiRamesh Nammi, Arunabha Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20240214822
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards network slice pre-configuration for cellular communication systems, including 5G and subsequent generation cellular communication systems. Network equipment can be preconfigured to identify whether a network slice identifier included in a network communication belongs to a group of network slice identifiers. If so, the network equipment can process the network communication either according to a network slice rule that corresponds specifically to the network slice identifier, or according to a default group network slice rule for the group to which the network slice identifier belongs. Different groups of network slice identifiers can be associated with different sets of group network slice rules which can be arranged to reduce the work of setting up network slice identifiers in various network slicing scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Feza Buyukdura
  • Patent number: 12022453
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a frequency-aware cellular communication network. A mobile device, or a radio access network (RAN) device at a base station in communication with the mobile device, can proactively notify a core network device regarding changes of a frequency band used for communications between the mobile device and the base station. The core network can use received notifications to adjust service provided to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Jiansong Wang, Hongyan Lei, Farooq Bari
  • Patent number: 12022363
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processing system that analyses, without user intervention, content of a first message directed from equipment of a sending user to equipment of a receiving user, to identify a task. The processing system determines that the receiving user is unable to perform the task according to biometric data of the receiving user. The biometric data is selected from one of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and combinations thereof. According to the content of the first message and the biometric data obtained from the receiving user, the processing system determines that the task should be delegated to another user, and responsive thereto, provides a second message associated with the task to equipment of the other user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Dana Tardelli, Ginger Chien, Adrianne Luu, Leonid Razoumov, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
  • Patent number: 12021856
    Abstract: A mobile secure agent on a wireless device executes one or more authenticated data collection profiles provisioned by a private profile producer. Each data package can only be transmitted to a collector certificated by the same private profile producer. Update profiles are signed and provisioned through a tunnel initiated from the mobile secure agent. A Certificate Authority provides libraries, anchors, and certificates in a key management message module to each mobile secure agent which enables revocation and replacement of certificates. Data stored in this way on a wireless device may only be transmitted in encrypted form to an authenticated destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dustin Michael Moore, R. Travis Jones, Bruce Blaine Lacey
  • Patent number: 12021706
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may determine a connection topology for a service and send an alert in which the alert includes a service connection topology that includes a plurality of port assignments for each equipment of the connection topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Subhash Kapoor, Stanimir Bonev
  • Patent number: 12021723
    Abstract: Core network slices that belong to a given operator community are efficiently tracked at the network control/user plane functions level, with rich data analytics in real-time based on their geographic instantiations. In one aspect, an enhanced vendor agnostic orchestration mechanism is utilized to connect a unified management layer with an integrated slice-components data analytics engine (SDAE), a slice performance engine (SPE), and a network slice selection function (NSSF) in a closed-loop feedback system with the serving network functions of one or more core network slices. The tight-knit orchestration mechanism provides economies of scale to mobile carriers in optimal deployment and utilization of their critical core network resources while serving their customers with superior quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellect al P Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Farooq Bari
  • Patent number: 12021660
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ernest Tsui
  • Patent number: 12021717
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards managing the establishment and maintenance of communication connectivity between a device and service. Condition data can indicate when to initiate a state change of a connection between a device and a server. Current device conditions associated with the device are evaluated to determine whether to initiate a state change, e.g., from a connected state to a paused state, or vice-versa. The connectivity may be managed per connection type, e.g., cellular versus Wi-Fi, and on a per-application basis, e.g., turned on for a social media application, off for mail and messaging applications. Settings can be used to manage connectivity for an application, e.g., sometimes connected, sometimes paused based on information specific to that application. Trends, user practices and schedule data can be used to predict and manage connectivity, as well as to notify the user to take some action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellect al Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12022538
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for session management in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, a user endpoint (UE) device, sends a request for a session internet protocol (IP) address assignment using an interface IP address, configures the UE device with the session IP address, provides to a controller an association of the interface and session IP addresses, and receives packets addressed to the session IP address via an access network entity associated with the interface IP address. In one example, a controller receives an association of an interface IP address with a session IP address from an attached UE device, provides to a network node an update on a route to reach the session IP address through the interface IP address, identifies an active interface IP address to receive packets, and configures an open flow switch or router for routing the packets towards the active interface IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Jiansong Wang
  • Patent number: 12021559
    Abstract: An architecture for surveillance of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) 5th generation (5G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) small cell devices using mobile edge computing techniques hosted by a HFC device is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving first data representing a quality of service value associated with a small cell device of a first group of 5G small cell devices; retrieving second data representing a historical quality of service value associated with a second group of 5G small cell devices; as a function of the first data and the second data, generating a change value for the small cell device; and based on the change value, facilitating an adjustment in an operation of the small cell device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Moshiur Rahman
  • Patent number: 12020182
    Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to venue seat assignment based upon hearing profiles. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a device can include a processor and a memory. The device can receive a request to upload a hearing profile, and can upload the hearing profile to a seat assignment system. The device can receive, from the seat assignment system, a customized seating chart based, at least in part, upon the hearing profile. The customized seating chart can include a visual representation of at least a portion of seating in a venue. The device can select, from the customized seating chart, a seat from the portion of the seating in the venue. This selection can be made automatically or based upon user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Samuel N. Zellner
  • Patent number: 12020292
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining an advertisement package, wherein the advertisement package defines an interactive extended reality advertisement and includes a plurality of optional features; obtaining information about a user, their equipment, and their environment; creating an interactive extended reality advertisement by choosing a selected feature of the plurality of optional features according to the user information; and presenting the interactive extended reality advertisement to the user equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Paul Triantafyllou, Tan Xu, Zhu Liu
  • Patent number: 12021841
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first sensitivity level associated with a first data item, comparing the first sensitivity level to a first threshold, resulting in a first comparison, selecting a first device based on the first comparison, transmitting the first data item to the first device based on the selecting of the first device, identifying a second sensitivity level associated with a second data item, wherein the second sensitivity level is different from the first sensitivity level, comparing the second sensitivity level to a second threshold, resulting in a second comparison, selecting a second device based on the second comparison, wherein the second device is different from the first device, and transmitting the second data item to the second device based on the selecting of the second device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Patent number: 12021578
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a surveying system operable to receive a plurality of electromagnetic waves via a guided wave transceiver that include environmental data collected via a plurality of sensors at a plurality of remote sites. Weather pattern data is generated based on the environmental data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ken Liu, Robert Bennett, Pamela A. M. Bogdan, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Irwin Gerszberg
  • Publication number: 20240204840
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system comprising a distributed unit (DU) configured to generate sounding reference signal (SRS)-based beams, and a remote unit (RU) communicatively coupled with the DU over a fronthaul, wherein the RU is configured to generate demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-based beams and perform digital beamforming for an uplink using the DMRS-based beams in combination with the SRS-based beams. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Salam Akoum, Aditya Chopra, Milap Majmundar
  • Patent number: 12015882
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining sensor data that includes an image of a projection environment, determining physical objects portrayed within the image, and characterizing physical properties of the physical objects according to the sensor data to obtain a characterization. A first target object of the physical objects having a first projection surface is identified according to the characterization, and a source image is modified according to the first projection surface. The modified image is provided to a projector adapted to project the modified image onto the first projection surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Brian Novack, Rashmi Palamadai, Tan Xu
  • Patent number: 12015936
    Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rajan Anand, Nimish Buch, Timothy Neville, Mark Cottrell, David Lu, Eshrat Huda, Sachin Lohe
  • Patent number: 12015932
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Paul Edward Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12015808
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving encrypted hypertext transport protocol (HTTPS) traffic including media content; separating the HTTPS traffic into audio segments and video segments; calculating a size for each audio segment in the HTTPS traffic; maintaining a sliding window of a plurality of sizes of consecutive audio segments to form a fingerprint; and identifying the media content by matching the fingerprint with a reference in a catalog. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan Ding, Natalia Schenck, Daniel Sanchez, Umut Akyol, Lawrence E. Bakst, Vinay Sharma
  • Patent number: 12015934
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to using dynamically layered beamformed control signals in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, identifying a group of different directions radiating from beamforming antenna equipment of base station equipment. The method can further include facilitating transmitting a first beamformed signal according to a first direction of the group of different directions. Further, the method can include facilitating transmitting a second beamformed signal according to a second direction of the group of different directions, with the second direction being selected based on a sequence of directions, and where transmitting beamformed signals to the group of different directions is based on the sequence of directions can facilitate establishment of wireless coverage for a corresponding geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Ju Ho, Effendi Jubilee
  • Publication number: 20240192838
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request from a communication device associated with a user to present a group of avatars on a user interface of an avatar management software application on the communication device. Each of the group of avatars are associated with a software application resulting in a group of software applications. Further embodiments include receiving a group of credentials associated with the group of software applications to access the group of avatars from the communication device, obtaining each of the group of avatars from an associated application server of a group of application servers utilizing credentials from the group of credentials, and providing the group of avatars to the communication device. The communication device presents the group of avatars on the user interface of the avatar management software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Oliver Spatscheck, Ari Craine, Richard Palazzo, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20240193881
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first data associated with an avatar of a first user, and identifying first media content associated with the first user provided to a first social media server. The first social media server presents the first media content and the avatar on a first social media site. Further embodiments can include analyzing the first media content resulting in an analysis, generating second data associated with an adjusted avatar based on the analysis and the first data associated with the avatar, and providing the second data to the first social media server. The first social media server ceases presenting the avatar on the first social media site and presents the adjusted avatar on the first social media site according to the second data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rashmi Palamadai, Richard Palazzo, Ari Craine, Eric Zavesky, Oliver Spatscheck, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20240191989
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that formulates an inference that a first group of mobile devices are at ground level, and obtains, for the first group of mobile devices, positions and barometric pressure readings. Ground heights with respect to a common reference height are determined for the first group of mobile devices, and reference barometric pressures are calculated for the first group of mobile devices, at the common reference height according to the barometric pressure readings and the determined ground heights. At least a portion of the reference barometric pressures are combined to obtain a reference barometric pressure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Zachary Meredith
  • Publication number: 20240195783
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to zero trust network access (“ZTNA”) and virtual private network (“VPN”) client offloading. According to one aspect, a user device can establish a private network session to access a private network resource in a private network. The user device can receive a request to offload the private network session from the user device to a secure router. In response to the request, the user device can offload the private network session to the secure router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jae-Sun Chin, Barry Elia, Sridhar Narahari, Michael Satterlee, John Gibbons
  • Publication number: 20240189721
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a first virtual location of a first avatar of a first user within a virtual environment, determining a second virtual location a second avatar of a second user within the virtual environment that is in proximity to the first virtual location, and determining that the second user has an untrusted relationship with the first user. Further embodiments include presenting on a user interface of a first communication device of the first user a group of actions for restricting personal identifiable (PI) data of the first user presented by the first avatar in the virtual environment to the second user, receiving a selection of a first action from the group of actions for restricting the PI data, and restricting presentation of the PI data in the virtual environment according to the first action. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rashmi Palamadai, Richard Palazzo, Eric Zavesky, Oliver Spatscheck, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12010035
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data pertaining to a plurality of user equipment and a plurality of network resources, analyzing the data to identify that a first user equipment included in the plurality of user equipment is a reduced capability device, based on the analyzing, allocating first network resources included in the plurality of network resources to the first user equipment, resulting in a first allocation, and based on the analyzing, allocating second network resources included in the plurality of network resources to a second user equipment included in the plurality of user equipment, resulting in a second allocation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Hongyan Lei, Yupeng Jia
  • Patent number: 12010058
    Abstract: A delay doppler domain transformation can be used to estimate characteristics of a channel between a base station and a user equipment or alternatively, between the user equipment and another user equipment. Thus, the velocity and the distance position of the user equipment can be calculated. For example, a signal received in the time-frequency domain, can be converted to the delay doppler domain by the base station. In response to the conversion, the base station can estimate the velocity of the user equipment. The velocity can be utilized by various applications. For example, the velocity can be utilized to alert the other user equipment to the location or an anticipated location of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Salam Akoum, Milap Majmundar
  • Patent number: 12010032
    Abstract: A domain and a mobile device may exchange data via a radio access node included in a mobile network. During a time of peak demand, a data load level of the radio access node may exceed a threshold. To accommodate the peak demand, historical types and volumes of data may be used to manage a data rate related to data associated with the domain. Based on the historical information, the data rate for a mobile device, a radio access node, a range of time, or a data type may be controlled. The data rate may be managed by a network gateway, such as a gateway included in the mobile network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, William Cottrill, John Pastore
  • Patent number: 12008978
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a user operating a cross reality headset, receiving a first location of the cross reality headset, providing image content and audio content to the cross reality headset, and receiving a second location of the cross reality headset. Further embodiments can include determining the cross reality headset is stationary based on the first location and the second location resulting in a determination, and providing instructions to the cross reality headset to adjust positioning the image content on a display of the cross reality headset and to provide the audio content according to the determination resulting in an adjustment of the positioning of the image content. The cross reality headset presents the image content according to the adjustment on the display. The cross reality headset provides the audio content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Kunwar Handa
  • Patent number: 12010040
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network API service that receives network event data and provides performance hints to a resource manager that manages application containers at edge cloud locations. Network event data may be received from access networks, core networks, nodes within access networks or core networks, or the like. Performance hints may allow booting of application containers at edge cloud locations. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan, Aleksandr Zelezniak, Kaustubh Joshi
  • Patent number: 12009973
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including facilitating activation of a first module for a wireless system; integrating the first module into the wireless system; checking for errors during the integration of the first module in the wireless system; responsive to a determination that the integrating of the first module is error free, placing the wireless system in an operational state; and receiving an operational error code from an originating module. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Bo Lee, Zhi Cui
  • Patent number: 12009089
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information about a task to be completed by a user, receiving information about the user and receiving information about a physical environment of the user. The subject disclosure may further include creating one or more immersion objects based on the information about the task, the information about the user and the information about the physical environment, creating an immersive environment including the one or more immersive objects and at least a portion of the physical environment of the user, and communicating to an extended reality (XR) device of the user information about the immersive environment to create an immersive experience for completion of the task by the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Jackson, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
  • Patent number: 12008448
    Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a machine learning model, serialize the machine learning model into a serialized format, and embed a delimiter indicator into a documentation file comprising information regarding the use of the machine learning model, where the delimiter indicator is in a file position that is after an end-of-file indicator of the documentation file. The processing system may further embed the machine learning model in the serialized format into the documentation file in a file position that is after the delimiter indicator. The processing system may then store the documentation file with the delimiter indicator and the machine learning model in the serialized format that are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellect al P Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Changchuan Yin
  • Patent number: 12009866
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first optical signal from a first optical network via a first port of the wavelength converter, receiving a second optical signal from a second optical network via a second port of the wavelength converter, modulating the first optical signal with the second light signal to generate a third optical signal, eliminating the first light signal from the third optical signal to generate a fourth optical signal, and transmitting the fourth optical signal through the second optical network. The first optical signal can include a first digital signal modulated onto a first light signal of a first wavelength, the second optical signal can include a second light signal can include a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and the fourth optical signal can include the first digital signal modulated onto the second light signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ricky Perry, Kent McCammon
  • Patent number: 12010573
    Abstract: A system for delaying or inhibiting data is provided in order to shorten the time required for a reselection process from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol. Reselection from the first communication protocol to the second communication protocol (e.g., 3G to 4G) requires a period of time without data transfers to allow the reselection to complete. The system delays or inhibits data transfers on the mobile device until the reselection process completes or the mobile device is idle for a predetermined length of time. In an embodiment, the system can buffer outgoing data and then send the data once the reselection has completed. In other embodiments, the system can drop packet sessions or ignore incoming packet pages. In another embodiment, the system can delay or inhibit data based on the priority of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Haywood Peitzer