Patents by Inventor Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
Muhammad Zubair Shafiq 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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Patent number: 10484881Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Jia Wang, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
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Patent number: 10420167Abstract: Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Lusheng Ji, Jeffrey Pang, Jia Wang, Shobha Venkataraman, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
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Publication number: 20170295501Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: JIA WANG, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
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Patent number: 9693237Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Jia Wang, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
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Publication number: 20170135152Abstract: Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Lusheng Ji, Jeffrey Pang, Jia Wang, Shobha Venkataraman, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
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Patent number: 9585177Abstract: Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Lusheng Ji, Jeffrey Pang, Jia Wang, Shobha Venkataraman, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
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Publication number: 20150281977Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: JIA WANG, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
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Patent number: 9060269Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Jia Wang, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
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Publication number: 20150163840Abstract: Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Lusheng Ji, Jeffrey Pang, Jia Wang, Shobha Venkataraman, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu