Patents by Inventor Howard Lang
Howard Lang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250016014Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240388622Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system that evaluates a need for additional data streaming resources at the device, and determines that a set of cooperating devices, located within a predetermined distance, is configured for sharing data streaming resources. The device receives the requested data from the cooperating devices in simultaneous streams, each stream including a segment of the requested data. The data source sends the requested data in parallel streams to the set of cooperating devices respectively, in accordance with addresses provided to the data source for each of the cooperating devices. The processing system assembles the requested data from the simultaneous streams. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
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Patent number: 12132579Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240344840Abstract: Sentiment-based navigation is provided herein. A method can include extracting features of sensor data captured by a sensor associated with a vehicle, wherein the sensor data is representative of a subject selected from a group of subjects comprising an occupant of the vehicle and an environment in which the vehicle is located, resulting in extracted features. The method can further include determining sentiment data representative of an emotional condition of the occupant of the vehicle based on an analysis of the extracted features, and generating a navigation route for the vehicle from an origin point to a destination point based on the sentiment data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I. L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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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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Patent number: 12088662Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system that evaluates a need for additional data streaming resources at the device, and determines that a set of cooperating devices, located within a predetermined distance, is configured for sharing data streaming resources. The device receives the requested data from the cooperating devices in simultaneous streams, each stream including a segment of the requested data. The data source sends the requested data in parallel streams to the set of cooperating devices respectively, in accordance with addresses provided to the data source for each of the cooperating devices. The processing system assembles the requested data from the simultaneous streams. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
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Patent number: 12055404Abstract: Sentiment-based navigation is provided herein. A method can include extracting features of sensor data captured by a sensor associated with a vehicle, wherein the sensor data is representative of a subject selected from a group of subjects comprising an occupant of the vehicle and an environment in which the vehicle is located, resulting in extracted features. The method can further include determining sentiment data representative of an emotional condition of the occupant of the vehicle based on an analysis of the extracted features, and generating a navigation route for the vehicle from an origin point to a destination point based on the sentiment data.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240235865Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Patent number: 12035355Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240146839Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating communication sessions such as voice calls over a plurality of radios of the wireless PBX via one or more carriers, where the wireless PBX includes a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) and a plurality of radios, wherein there are a maximum number of concurrent communication sessions permitted that are fewer than a number of the plurality of SIMs; determining that the maximum number of concurrent communication sessions has been reached; and responsive to reaching the maximum number of concurrent communication sessions, facilitating establishing an outgoing voice call via a WiFi connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Karen Stansbury, Howard Lang, Derek Baylor
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Publication number: 20240137234Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240129744Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first user-generated input, over a communication network, from a communication device that indicates a request to provision a ghost software application on the communication device, and provisioning, over the communication network, an anchor software application on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the ghost software application. Further embodiments can include receiving second user-generated input, over the communication network, from the communication device that indicates request to utilize the ghost software application, and identifying the anchor software application provisioned on the SIM of the communication device resulting in an identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240129693Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: directing a ping message via a private core network to a public safety answering point (PSAP); determining whether a ping response is received from the PSAP, resulting in a determination; and responsive to the determination being that a ping response is not received from the PSAP, determining an alternate communication path via which an emergency communication can be transmitted to the PSAP. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240127542Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example analyzing emergency communications that were transmitted from end user devices; determining that a group of the emergency communications that corresponds to a group of the end user devices is associated with an emergency event; extracting descriptions of the emergency event from the group of the emergency communications; retrieving mapping data of a location associated with the emergency event; and generating a graphical representation of the emergency event based on a machine learning model being applied to the mapping data and the descriptions, where the machine learning model is trained on historical emergency events. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
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Publication number: 20240129702Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a processing system including a processor via a satellite, an emergency communication that was transmitted from an end user device to the satellite; and determining, by the processing system, a legitimacy of the emergency communication according to an analysis based on various information such as a diligence query or challenge sent to the end user device by the satellite, a history of emergency communications associated with the end user device, a location of the end user device, a location of an emergency event associated with the emergency communication, a number of other emergency communications from other end user devices that are associated with the emergency event, a time period of the other emergency communications, locations of the other end user devices, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
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Publication number: 20240129703Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: detecting that a 911 call had been made on a carrier network by the device, the device having associated therewith a telephone number; responsive to the detecting that the 911 call had been made, sending a token to the carrier network, the token causing the carrier network to disable call blocking to the telephone number. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
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Publication number: 20240129831Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an image of a location that includes a wireless access point; analyzing the image to determine a potential signal interference from an object that has moved into a position with respect to the wireless access point; and generating routing instructions for wireless communications according to the potential signal interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang
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Publication number: 20240089723Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example: determining whether a Subscriber Identify Module (SIM) profile that supports communication via Citizen Band Radio Spectrum (CBRS) is present on a device, resulting in a determination; responsive to the determination being that the SIM profile that supports the communication via the CBRS is present on the device, providing to a user via an interface an element that permits the user to select enabling of communication via the CBRS, disabling of communication via the CBRS, or any combination thereof; receiving from the interface a selection by the user, wherein the selection indicates either an instruction by the user to enable the communication via the CBRS, or an instruction by the user to disable the communication via the CBRS; and responsive to the selection: enabling the communication via the CBRS in a first case that the selection indicates the instruction by the user to enable the communication via the CBRS; or disabling the communication via theType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: AT& T Intellectual Property I,L.P., AT& T Mobility II LLCInventors: Marcus Thor, Howard Lang, Daniel Powell, Jinhong No, David Mansisidor, Jasminka Dizdarevic, Joseph Soryal, Nicholas Thompson, Shah Mohammad Murshedul Arefin
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Publication number: 20240089828Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example: obtaining for each of a plurality of subscribers to a wireless service that uses a licensed radio spectrum a respective user profile; determining based upon a particular user profile of a particular subscriber that the particular subscriber has access to a Citizen Band Radio Spectrum (CBRS), resulting in a determination; responsive to the determination being that the particular subscriber has access to the CBRS, generating an instruction to a user device of the particular subscriber to utilize the CBRS; and transmitting the instruction to the user device of the particular subscriber. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal, Nicholas Thompson, Jasminka Dizdarevic, Marcus Thor
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Publication number: 20240089847Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining one or more characteristics associated with a mobile device accessing a communication service via a wireless network; determining whether the one or more characteristics satisfy a threshold for accessing a Citizen Band Radio Service (CBRS) network; and responsive to the one or more characteristics satisfying the threshold, facilitating access by the mobile device to the CBRS network to continue providing the communication service. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Howard Lang, Jasminka Dizdarevic