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Publication number: 20240332805Abstract: A method includes determining an operating frequency of an antenna at a component of the antenna. The method includes determining, at the component of the antenna, a filter node of a plurality of filter nodes to activate to tune the antenna to the operating frequency. The method includes transmitting power to the filter node, wherein the power is transmitted via a first optical fiber. The method also includes sending a signal from the component to a light source. The activation of the light source sends an optical signal to the filter node. The filter node adjusts a characteristic of a radiating element coupled to the filter node using the power responsive to the optical signal. Adjustment of the characteristic facilitates tuning the antenna to the operating frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert R. Miller, II
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Publication number: 20240334276Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include transmitting first payload data to a first communication device via a first link, subsequent to the transmitting of the first payload data, obtaining a first indication that a handover is being negotiated between the first communication device and a second communication device, based on the first indication, placing, at a processing system, the first link in an inactive state, based on the first indication, storing second payload data in a buffer, and responsive to obtaining a second indication that the second communication device has accepted the handover: activating, at the processing system, a second link between the processing system and the second communication device, obtaining the second payload data from the buffer, and transmitting, based on the activating of the second link, the second payload data obtained from the buffer to the second communication device via the second link. Other aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei, John Bartell, Paul Edward Smith, JR.
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Publication number: 20240334292Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example receiving a group of mobility measurements associated with a communication device. A group of communication devices is communicatively coupled to the mobile IAB node device as a mobility group. Further embodiments include receiving a request from the communication device to join the mobility group, selecting the communication device to join the mobility group based on the group of mobility measurements, and transmitting a confirmation message to the communication device. The confirmation message indicates that the mobility group comprises the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Thomas Novlan
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Publication number: 20240334293Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing instructions to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), via a serving base station, to collect target height thresholds of target base stations. The UAV receives the target height thresholds from the target base stations, and transmits the target height thresholds to a network device, via the serving base station. Further embodiments can include determining a current height of the UAV exceeds a serving height threshold of the serving base station, selecting a first target base station from the target base stations based on the determination and a first target height threshold of the group of target height thresholds of the first target base station, and providing instructions to the serving base station to perform handover of the UAV from the serving base station to the first target base station based on the selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Vivanco
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Publication number: 20240333618Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data, the data including first data indicative of a first amount of resources available as part of a first network slice of a plurality of network slices of a communication network, analyzing the data to determine that at least a first portion of a service provisioned via the first network slice is to be reallocated to at least a second network slice of the plurality of slices, and reallocating, based on the analyzing, the at least a first portion of the service to the at least a second network slice. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rohit Abhishek, Farooq Bari
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Patent number: 12105694Abstract: In another example, a device includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include acquiring a plurality of data items from a plurality of data sources, wherein the at least two data sources data sources of the plurality of data sources are maintained by different entities, normalizing attributes of the plurality of data items, using a first machine learning technique, matching at least two data items of the plurality of data items to form a grouping, wherein the matching is based on similarities observed in the attributes of the at least two data items subsequent to the normalizing, and creating a single profile for an individual associated with the at least two data items, based on the grouping, wherein the single profile consolidates the attributes of the at least two data items.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Prince Paulraj, Shilpi Harpavat, Weiping Liu, Shreyash Taywade, Arjun Coimbatore Nagarasan, Yukun Zeng, Prabhu Gururaj
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Patent number: 12102911Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user input module to receive collected user inputs during game play by a user at user equipment, in an interactive game with a remote user provided by a gaming application, the user equipment in data communication over a network with remote user equipment of the remote user. Aspects of the subject disclosure may further include a network monitor module to monitor a network connection over the network with the remote user equipment and to identify a network game play interruption during the game play, and a game application programming interface (API) to automatically control game play during the network game play interruption to simulate game inputs of the user based on the collected user inputs so the remote user is unaware of the network game play interruption, wherein the game API is responsive to identification of the network game play interruption for automatically controlling the game play. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Nishit J. Sanghavi
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Patent number: 12106397Abstract: An example method performed by a processing system includes receiving a request from a first user to render an extended reality environment, wherein the request includes a definition of a first policy that governs user behavior within the extended reality environment, rendering the extended reality environment by presenting content contributed by at least one user in the extended reality environment, monitoring the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy, detecting that a portion of the content contributed by at least one other user of the extended reality environment results in the extended reality environment failing to comply with the first policy, and modifying a presentation of the portion of content in the extended reality environment in response to the detecting, wherein the modifying results in the compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: John Oetting, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Jason Decuir, Terrel Lecesne
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Patent number: 12107361Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a female port configured to receive a data connector, the data connector comprising a surface with a first opening; a first movable member disposed within the female port, the first movable member being configured such that as the data connector is moved into the female port a first portion of the first movable member enters into the first opening; and a first blocking member disposed within the female port, the first blocking member being configured to move to a first blocking position to block the first portion of the first movable member from exiting the first opening after the first portion of the first movable member has entered the first opening. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ryan Schaub, Barrett M. Kreiner, Michael Spurlock
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Patent number: 12107739Abstract: Facilitating notification and corrective actions related to endpoint quality of service losses in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise determining, by a system comprising a processor, that a quality of service level for a mobile device within a communications network has degraded below a threshold quality of service level. The method also can comprise in response to the determining, selecting, by the system, an action to be performed at a mobile device. The action can increase the quality of service level for the mobile device above the threshold quality of service level. Further, the method can comprise providing, by the system and to the mobile device, information indicative of the action.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yupeng Jia, James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Gregory Edwards, Michael Gonzales
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Patent number: 12107807Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a communication network, a first message utilizing a first messaging application from a first communication device associated with a first user and identifying a recipient of the first message as a second user associated with a second communication device. Further embodiments can include determining that the second user utilizes a second message application to exchange a first group of messages via the second communication device resulting in a first determination, and transmitting, over the communication network, the first message to the second communication device utilizing the second messaging application based on the first determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Sreejith Menon, Suja John
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Patent number: 12107635Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to facilitate communications between first and second processing nodes, determining that the communications are to be established via quantum teleportation between, and identifying a network path comprising a first path segment to obtain a quantum channel, wherein quantum entanglement is established between the first and second processing nodes based on transportation of a first quantum entangled object via the quantum channel. A classical communication channel is facilitated between the first and second processing nodes, adapted to exchange between the nodes, quantum state information of a measurement performed upon the first quantum entangled object. Information is exchanged between the first and second processing nodes via the quantum channel according to the transported first quantum entangled object and the exchanged quantum state information. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Moshiur Rahman
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Patent number: 12107765Abstract: Managing prefix lists at edge devices can include detecting, at an edge device, a traffic flow that can include a packet that specifies a destination address. The edge device can measure a bandwidth associated with the traffic flow, identify a flow bandwidth threshold defined for the edge device, and determine if the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can include the destination address in a prefix list stored at the edge device. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow does not satisfy the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can omit the destination address from the prefix list stored at the edge device.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I. L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Mark Lyn, Brian Freeman, Tuan Duong
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Patent number: 12107741Abstract: Spatial-temporal informative patterns for users and devices associated with data networks can be predicted or determined. An information management component (IMC) can analyze respective groups of items of data stored in respective formats in respective databases. Some items of data can comprise respective signal measurement data representative of respective signal measurements associated with respective devices associated with a communication network. Based on the analysis results, IMC can determine a spatial-temporal pattern(s) associated with the respective groups of items of data, wherein the spatial-temporal pattern(s) can relate to a subject of interest. The IMC can utilize artificial intelligence and/or machine learning algorithms and models to facilitate determining the spatial-temporal pattern(s). In response to a query relating to the subject of interest, the IMC can provide information relating to the subject of interest and responsive to the query based on the spatial-temporal pattern(s).Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Mehdi Malboubi, Baofeng Jiang, Yuhong Zheng
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Patent number: 12108300Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting at a mobile device a communication failure of a data connection between the mobile device and a source core network of a plurality of core networks available to the mobile device, the mobile device communicating with a respective core network of the plurality of core networks through a radio access network, selecting a destination core network of the plurality of core networks, and handing off the data connection from the source core network to the destination core network. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Haywood S. Peitzer, Tracey Green, Todd Wallace
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Patent number: 12108260Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network requirements for a new telecommunications network to be developed by a network operator, developing a workflow for design and development of the new telecommunications network based on stored knowledge base data about past telecommunications network projects of the network operator, the stored knowledge base data including information about prior milestone processes of the past telecommunications network projects of the network operator, modifying the information about prior milestone processes based on the network requirements for the new telecommunications network, forming a plurality of milestone processes for the new telecommunications network, and performing respective milestone processes of the plurality of milestone processes to design, develop and test the new telecommunications network, including performing a network ready milestone process of final testing of network functions and a certification that the new telecommunicaType: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Christopher T. Anderson, Christopher Gregston, Shaunna Levell, Julie McNew, Barbara Adcock, Brandon Roche, Rick Williams, Judy Banker, Stacy Jackiewicz, Irma Mix, Kristen Hyslope, Yongmei Chen, Saurav Vasishat
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Patent number: 12108446Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a closed loop Listen Before Talk (LBT) which is a coexistence mechanism used by wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, to access unlicensed shared spectrum, such as the ISM UNII bands (5 GHz). The embodiments disclosed herein enable a base station to coordinate the LBT process at both the base station and a receiver in order to avoid hidden node interference where the interfering nodes are outside the sensing range of the transmitting node. The base station device can send an LBT trigger to the receiver to synchronize the clear channel assessments that are performed at each device to determine if there is any activity on the channel. The receiving device can send back a report to the base station device, and if no activity on the channel is detected, the base station device can schedule a transmission on the channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Thomas Novlan, Arunabha Ghosh, Abdulrauf Hafeez
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Patent number: 12108302Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting initiation of a service associated with a UE, where the service comprises an OTT voice/video call, facilitating, for the service, activation of an end-to-end network slice between a core network and the UE, detecting a RAT switch determination for the UE, where the RAT switch determination relates to communicative coupling of the UE with a second network node, and where the second network node is associated with a second RAT different from the first RAT, responsive to the detecting the RAT switch determination, determining whether the service is ongoing over the end-to-end network slice, and, based on a determination that the service is ongoing over the end-to-end network slice, preventing the UE from communicatively coupling with the second network node until the service is determined to be completed or until the end-to-end network slice is released. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Hongyan Lei
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Publication number: 20240320564Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, among other things, may provide for an interactive dynamic mapping engine (IDME) for business intelligence, which may interactively obtain information for user devices from sources and schema unknown to the user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Pei-En Pamela Hsu, Eshrat Huda, Mukundan Sarukkai
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Publication number: 20240323650Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Jeff Bartlett, Jordan Alexander, Thomas Becker
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Publication number: 20240324002Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, assessing a priority of a particular user at a service area in a mobile communications network for a strong radio signal from a cell site of the mobile communications network, and providing the strong radio signal to a mobile device of the particular user according to the priority of the particular user, wherein the providing the strong radio signal comprises focusing an antenna beam of a beamforming antenna at the service area and assigning the antenna beam to the particular user for downlink communication between the cell site of the mobile communications network and the particular user. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240320114Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device under test sending thermal reports to test equipment. The thermal reports may include one or more thermal metrics related to one or more thermal states of the device under test. Responsive to the thermal reports, the test equipment may perform thermal mitigation actions, including passive processes and/or active processes. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.Inventors: John Bulger, Yunpeng Li
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Publication number: 20240323084Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system determines a plurality of combinations of settings for a session border controller (SBC) communicating with a first network and installed at a premises. The method also includes listing the combinations, and identifying a combination that coincides with settings of a primary rate interface (PRI) circuit. The method further includes enabling a first connection between a first port of the SBC and the PRI circuit and a second connection between a second port of the SBC and a second network; settings of the SBC correspond to the identified combination, and the SBC comprises a connection between the first and second ports. The method also includes subsequently disabling the second connection, resulting in the PRI equipment communicating with the first network without a change to the settings of the PRI equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Stephen Thomas Hardin
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Patent number: 12100298Abstract: A cooperative intelligent traffic system is provided for use between bicycles, motorcycles, and other vehicles. Sensor data from mobile devices and other sensor devices associated with the vehicle can be sent to an edge network computing device (e.g., a multi-access edge computing device) and be processed at the edge network to identify threats and hazards, and then transmit the threat assessment data to other bicycles, motorcycles, and vehicles nearby. The threat assessment data can be used by the operators of the other vehicles to warn them of upcoming threats, hazards, road conditions, and other pertinent conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Erie Lai Har Lau, Julius Mueller, Charles Carey
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Patent number: 12101454Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, 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 immersive media content; creating foreground information for rendering foreground video content of the immersive media content; receiving a first point-of-view (PoV) of a first viewer operating a first display device; generating a background video content from the immersive media content; sending the foreground information to the first display device; and sending a first portion of the background video content to the first display device, wherein the first portion is based on the first PoV. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Tan Xu, Eric Zavesky, Allyson King, Jianxiong Dong, David Crawford Gibbon
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Patent number: 12101121Abstract: Mobile telecommunications network access point configuration and fiber routing configuration for customer premises equipment is disclosed. A customer premises component (CPE) can comprise a customer premises mobile broadband to steerable fiber component (CPC) comprising a baseband control unit, a user-plane function component, and a fiber path selection component that can enable configuration of a cellular frontend facing a user equipment (UE) and configuration of a fiber backend facing other endpoint devices. The CPC can receive information pertinent to the configuring the frontend/backend from a network management component, a carrier network component, and internet component, etc. The CPC can automatically adapt configuration of the frontend/backend to selectively enable traffic to flow between the UE and another endpoint device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventor: Arturo Maria
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Patent number: 12101627Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first user associated with a first mobile device, and determining a first user type associated with the first user. Further embodiments can include identifying a first identity associated with the first user based on the first user type and identifying a second identity associated with the first user based on the first user type. Additional embodiments can include providing first alternate content to the first mobile device to mask the first identity and providing second alternate content to the first mobile device associated with the second identity. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Nicholas Cassioppi, Eric Zavesky, James H. Pratt
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Publication number: 20240311340Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving input data via a transformation UI, generating transformation configuration data, causing the transformation UI to present transformation object data per the transformation configuration data, where the transformation object data identifies data objects each including an input and output field name and a data type, detecting, from the transformation UI, an instruction defining a mapping for the input data, including a modification to the output field name of a data object such that the input field name of the data object is mapped to the modified output field name, based on the detecting the instruction, modifying the first transformation configuration data per the mapping to derive second transformation configuration data, performing a transformation of the input data based on the second transformation configuration data, and causing the transformation UI to present a transformation output. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Paul Ireifej, Mohammad Omar Khalid Mirza, Prince Paulraj, Heather Wighton, Christopher Kim, Stephen Grandinetti, Mger Babayan
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Publication number: 20240314031Abstract: Techniques for mechanized modify/add/create/delete (MACD) for network configuration are provided. A method can include creating a data object from input data relating to a requested change to a target network configuration, the data object comprising a first parameter indicating a type of the requested change and a second parameter identifying the target network configuration; retrieving, from a repository according to a group of logical rules, executable instructions associated with the type of the requested change, as given by the first parameter of the data object, and the target network configuration, as given by the second parameter of the data object; and performing, further according to the group of logical rules, the requested change to the target network configuration, the performing of the requested change comprising executing the executable instructions retrieved from the repository.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Mukundan Sarukkai, Kevin D'Souza, Eshrat Huda, Sunil Maloo
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Publication number: 20240311502Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240313936Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein are directed towards indicating to a wireless network device which time-division duplex slot patterns (slot formats) are supported by a user equipment device, e.g., which slot patterns have gone through interoperability and deployment testing (IODT) successfully with respect to the type of user equipment device. With the supported slot pattern information, the network can make an intelligent decision on scheduling downlink/uplink ratios, while selecting a slot pattern that the user equipment device is known to support. In one aspect, the technology adds a “Slot format IODTed” information element in the user equipment device capability information, which the network obtains when the user equipment device reports its capabilities to the network. In another aspect, the network can query the user equipment device for the supported slot format information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Hongyan Lei
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Publication number: 20240314830Abstract: Adaptive pairing of an access point (AP) slice with other computing resource slices is disclosed. Pairing of an AP slice can comprise pairing to a radio access network (RAN) slice and/or to a network core component (core) slice. The pairing can be based on end point device information, AP environment information, user preference information, and state information for a RAN and/or CN slice. Coordinating or synchronization of AP, RAN, and/or core slices can enable streamlining of migration of a device from an AP component to a RAN component. Moreover, AP slice coordination can enable efficient use of network computing resources tailored to needs of devices connecting to an AP device. A determined pairing, e.g., AP-core, AP-RAN-core, RAN-core, etc., can be modified before provisioning or after provisioning in response to changes in device demands and/or AP state/environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Yupeng Jia
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Publication number: 20240314165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Dylan Reid
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Publication number: 20240314631Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first message that identifies a first plurality of capabilities supported by the device, based on the transmitting of the first message, obtaining a second message from a user equipment that identifies a second plurality of capabilities supported by the user equipment, wherein the second plurality of capabilities is a subset of the first plurality of capabilities, and provisioning a first communication service to the user equipment in accordance with at least one capability included in the second plurality of capabilities. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ye Chen, Hongyan Lei, Thomas W. Henderson
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Publication number: 20240314575Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, an indication of a first address corresponding to a location that is a candidate to obtain communication services via a deployment of a fiber link, determining, by the processing system and based on a plurality of datasets sourced from a plurality of data sources, that it is economically feasible to deploy the fiber link from a second address to the first address to support the communication services, and generating, by the processing system and based on the determining, a recommendation for deploying the fiber link. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ashif Pabani, Brennan Reinemund, Parley Casto
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Publication number: 20240314594Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system determines a location of a failure in a communication network and a cause of the failure. If the failure cannot be resolved using a recovery feature of the network, the processing system identifies a recovery procedure for resolving the failure, and dispatches an automated vehicle to the failure location; the vehicle is provided with instructions for performing the recovery procedure, which may include replacement of a hardware component of the network. The operations also include determining whether the recovery procedure is successful; if the recovery procedure is not successful, the processing system obtains information via the vehicle regarding the failure, to facilitate human intervention to resolve the failure. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Xiaowen Mang
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Patent number: 12095713Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a multi-beam Listen Before Talk which is a coexistence mechanism used by wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, to access unlicensed shared spectrum, such as the ISM UNII bands (5 GHz). The embodiments disclosed herein enable a transceiver to determine whether or not there is activity on a beam to avoid causing interference. The transceiver can determine that there is activity in a certain direction, and then avoid transmitting on a beam in that direction until the activity ceases. While there is activity in a first beam, the transceiver can continue to transmit on other beams that will not cause interference with a transmission associated with the first beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Abdulrauf Hafeez, Thomas Novlan
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Patent number: 12090954Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate authenticating and verifying pick-ups and deliveries associated with an autonomous vehicle delivery service. In one example embodiment, a method comprises accessing, by a system comprising a processor, authentication information associated with a target physical location, wherein the authentication information comprises network access information for a communication network associated with the target physical location. The method further comprises verifying, by the system, whether a current location of an autonomous vehicle corresponds to the target physical location based on an ability of a communication device of the autonomous vehicle to establish a network connection with the communication network using the network access information.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Interwise Ltd.Inventors: Molly A. Hutsler, Itiel Maayan
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Patent number: 12096314Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating operation of system that can include a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. In embodiments, the operations can include receiving, from a source user equipment, a first request to communicate to a destination group of user equipment via a multi-cast connection. Further operations can include identifying respective service areas of ones of the destination group, comprising a service area of a destination user equipment of the destination group. In some embodiments, operations can include generating a second request to initiate the multi-cast connection, the second request comprising the destination group of user equipment with the respective service areas, wherein the respective service area of the destination user equipment is for selection, by second network equipment based on the service area, a gateway group of base station equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Lan Scott, Jerry Shih, Junan Peng, Erie Lai Har Lau
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Patent number: 12095813Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards homoglyph attack detection. A homoglyph attack detection service can create images of customer's protected domain names. A convolutional neural network can generate feature vectors based on the images. The feature vectors can be stored in a similarity search data store. Newly observed domain names can be compared to the customer's protected domain names, by also generating feature vectors for the newly observed domain names and conducting approximate nearest neighbor searches. Search results can be further evaluated by comparing protected domain names to newly observed domain names using a siamese neural network which applies a similarity threshold. Newly observed domain names that meet or exceed the similarity threshold can be flagged for further action.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Antoine Diffloth, Natalie Gilbert, Sundaresan Manoharan
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Patent number: 12096059Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a content item, receiving a first token that comprises an identification of a date and a time when a first portion of the content item is obtained, a location where the first portion of the content item is obtained, or a combination thereof, and transmitting the content item and the first token to a database. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Robert Gratz, Jason Decuir, James Pratt
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Patent number: 12096502Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for reestablishing a backhaul connection due a failed connection. According to some embodiments, a system can comprise detecting a failure in a backhaul communication link between a first node device and a second node device, wherein the second node device is communicatively connected to a core network device of a core network, selecting a new node device, other than the first node device and the second node device, that is communicatively connected to the core network device for establishment of a new backhaul communication link to replace the backhaul communication link, and establishing a connection with the new node device to provide a backhaul communication link failure indication to a controller and to request the controller to provide resources to establish the new backhaul communication link with the new node device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Hongyan Lei
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Patent number: 12096413Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating updating a slot format used for establishing a radio sidelink. According an embodiment, a system can receive a slot format over a sidelink, wherein the slot format comprises a first release parameter and a transmit period. The system can further facilitate determining whether the first release parameter matches a second release parameter stored in the memory. The system can further facilitate, in response to the determining indicating that the first release parameter matched the second release parameter, updating a resource map used to transmit data, resulting in an updated resource map. The system can further facilitate transmitting the slot format based on the transmit period.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Salam Akoum
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Patent number: 12096513Abstract: Systems and methods provide containers instantiated for each user equipment (UE), or on “per-UE” bases, which consolidate certain network functions for processing UE traffic into an efficient, in-network, and proximate virtualization to reduce latency and increase customizability.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Mehrdad Moradi, Zhuoqing Morley Mao
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Patent number: 12093112Abstract: Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&TMobility II LLCInventors: Stephen Thomas Hardin, Erie Lai Har Lau, Brian Greaves, Robert Osterwise
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Patent number: 12093333Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain at least one search term and an identity of a searcher, identify individuals who are each either a one-step or two-step association of the searcher, identify first documents associated with the individuals and associated with the search term(s), calculate, for each individual, a score based upon citations of second documents to documents associated with the individual from among the first documents, generate an invitation to at least one individual to appear in a search result, and obtain a consent from the at least one individual. The processing system may then present the search result as an ordered list of at least a portion of the individuals, where the ordered list is ordered by the score for each individual, and where the at least the portion of the plurality of individuals includes the at least one individual.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Yaron Kanza, Divesh Srivastava, Caroline Stone, David Wood
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Patent number: 12095488Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a low complexity transmitter structure for active antenna arrays by reducing the number of digital predistortion extraction loops that need to be performed. Digital predistortion (DPD) corrects any non-linearities in a power amplifier. By determining which power amplifiers have similar characteristics in an array, and thus may use similar predistortion coefficients, once the DPD coefficients are determine for one of the grouped power amplifiers, DPD can be performed on each of the grouped power amplifiers based on the DPD coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&TIntellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: SaiRamesh Nammi
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Patent number: 12096455Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards operating a user equipment node as a scheduler user equipment (e.g., which can be a local manager of other nodes in a group). The scheduler user equipment receives a scheduling request for the scheduling of the resources for transmission of data by a transmitter user equipment, and based on the traffic type requested, schedules the transmitter user equipment and receiver user equipment(s) with scheduling data/allocated radio resources. The transmitter user equipment can directly transmit to the receiver user equipment(s) on the allocated radio resources, e.g., without further involvement of the scheduler user equipment/local manager. For cellular data, the scheduler user equipment can schedule the transmitter user equipment to transmit to the scheduler user equipment as a receiver node.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh, Andrew Thornburg, Thomas Novlan, Ralf Bendlin, Milap Majmundar
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Patent number: 12095771Abstract: A system allows for higher security guarantees on public or shared or even compromised equipment, which may be designated as untrusted equipment, without a need to install additional software on it or connect to it outside of general browser interactions. Based on this system, even if it is compromised, proper information separation may ensure security of the sensitive parts of data. That is, trusted information will only go to (outputs) or come from (inputs) trusted devices and insensitive information can go to or come from both trusted and untrusted devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Mikhail Istomin, Wei Wang
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Publication number: 20240306258Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ralf Bendlin, Thomas Novlan, Arunabha Ghosh, Abdulrauf Hafeez