Patents by Inventor Michael R. Albrecht

Michael R. Albrecht 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).

  • Apparatuses and methods for protecting users and devices from nefarious actors via a use of secondary networks and address translation
    Patent number: 11918918
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing data to identify that the data is associated with an online game, translating, based on the analyzing, a first address associated with the data to a second address that is different from the first address, and transmitting the data to a communication device using the second address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Albrecht, Oliver Spatscheck
  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING USERS AND DEVICES FROM NEFARIOUS ACTORS VIA A USE OF SECONDARY NETWORKS AND ADDRESS TRANSLATION
    Publication number: 20230191261
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing data to identify that the data is associated with an online game, translating, based on the analyzing, a first address associated with the data to a second address that is different from the first address, and transmitting the data to a communication device using the second address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Albrecht, Oliver Spatscheck
  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A GENERATION AND UTILIZATION OF NETWORKS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS
    Publication number: 20230198935
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first traffic from a first communication device; analyzing the first traffic to classify the first traffic as being associated with an execution of a first application; based on the classification of the first traffic as being associated with the execution of the first application, translating an address associated with the first traffic from a first address associated with a first network to a second address associated with a second network, the second network being different from the first network; and conveying the first traffic to a second communication device of the second network using the second address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Albrecht, Oliver Spatscheck
  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING EQUALIZATION ACROSS ONE OR MORE PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20230143716
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first analysis of first traffic associated with a first communication device, obtaining a second analysis of second traffic associated with a second communication device, identifying, based on the obtaining of the first analysis and the obtaining of the second analysis, a first handicap to be applied to a first connection associated with the first communication device, and applying the first handicap to the first connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Albrecht, John Craig, Jonathan Davis, Camden Krupala, Virginia S. Ng, David Plunkett, JR., Michael Zadig, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR., Michael L. Hunter, Oliver Spatscheck, Raghvendra Savoor