Patents by Inventor Nigel Bradley

Nigel Bradley 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).

  • Publication number: 20210407292
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a solution to facilitate collaborative vehicle warnings via an edge node. An edge network can provide resources to the vehicles such that the vehicles can operate in a harmonic and safe manner. For example, a non-compliance of a vehicle captured by a video camera of another vehicle can be sent to the edge node for analysis. If other data related to non-compliances of the vehicle are received by the edge node, the edge node can label the vehicle as an unsafe vehicle. In response to the labeling the vehicle as an unsafe vehicle, the edge node can share this information with the vehicles that sent the video feed info and/or other vehicles that are nearby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20210409835
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing to a user device a video content item including at least one scene which includes a plurality of advertisement placement opportunities and determining a preference profile for an individual associated with the user device. Aspects further include selecting a group of matching advertisements having advertisement profiles that match the preference profile for the individual and determining a relative prominence score for each advertisement placement opportunity. Aspects further include ordering the matching advertisements according to prominence information specified for each matching advertisement, wherein the prominence information corresponds to a relative desired prominence specified by an advertiser associated with the matching advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR., Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20210400090
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains physical and social environmental data for a communication device user, and provides content for presentation at the device. First reaction data, obtained via sensors associated with the user, indicate the user's reaction to presentation of the content; the data is analyzed to determine user affinity for the content in a context of the physical and social environments. The content is modified during the presentation; second reaction data is obtained and analyzed to determine a second user affinity for the modified content. If the affinity is enhanced, the modified content is sent to other users' equipment via a social network. Affinity responses regarding the modified content are analyzed, and a set of users is identified as an affinity group; additional content is transmitted to equipment of the affinity group. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, James Pratt, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20210400242
    Abstract: A collaborative video camera system of an edge node can be used to track and predict objects, locations of the objects, and events associated therewith. For example, multiple cameras can be utilized to determine the direct in which an object is heading. This data can be used to activate and/or dispatch other cameras that may be at or near the predicted location of the object. Additionally, sound associated with the object can be used to predict and/or active cameras that are at or near the predicted location of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20210392706
    Abstract: Accessibility of media associated with mobile devices can be modified based on specific scenarios. For example, historical data associated with a relationship between users of a first mobile device and s second mobile device can be used to prioritize media displayed on one or more of the mobile devices. The historical data can include locations, dates, times, and/or any other relevant characteristics associated with the relationship. Alternatively, media can be displayed on the first mobile device, that is relevant to a user of a second mobile device, in response to a condition associated with a recognition pattern being determined to have been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20210389780
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a solution to facilitate interactions between non-autonomous and autonomous vehicles when sharing a road system. An edge network can provide resources to the vehicles such that non-autonomous and autonomous vehicles can operate in a harmonic and safe manner. Additionally, an augment reality display of the vehicles can be used to further facilitate communication between non-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. For example, a predicted direction or an imperative direction associated with an autonomous vehicle can be communicated to a non-autonomous vehicle such that an augmented reality display of the non-autonomous vehicle can alert the driver of the non-autonomous vehicle of a of such to increase safety measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 11201798
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide automated virtual network function modification using replicated environments and functions to measure and test modified functions against one another before implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Nigel Bradley, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20210383331
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, selecting a subset of employees from among a group of employees according to performance data of the group of employees where the group of employees is associated with an employment position and where a group of known desired attributes is associated with the employment position, analyzing employee information for the subset of employees to identify a correlation, identifying an unknown desired attribute according to the correlation, obtaining candidate information for a group of candidates, selecting a subset of candidates from among the group of candidates according to a comparison of the group of known desired attributes, the unknown desired attribute and the candidate information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Innes, Nigel Bradley, Alexander MacDougall, Bhumit Patel, Wasib Khallil, David Spivey
  • Publication number: 20210383389
    Abstract: Services for trust conveyances of entities can be provided and managed. In connection with a transaction between first and second devices, a trust management component (TMC) can indicate trust levels of entities associated with the devices with regard to the transaction and/or an action attempted by an entity. With regard to an action attempted by the first entity, the trust level of the first entity can be evaluated to determine whether it is high enough to allow the action to proceed or to have the second entity respond to the action accordingly. If it is not high enough, the second entity, using the second device, can request a trust conveyance from the first entity via the TMC. The TMC can adjust the respective trust levels based on the outcome(s) of the action(s) of the respective entities with regard to executing the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: James Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20210373662
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes obtaining a set of extended reality experience information associated with an extended reality experience where the set of extended reality experience information is indicative of an expected extended reality experience for an object type, obtaining a set of object property information of a first object of the object type, obtaining a set of haptic device capability information of a wearable haptic device used to interact with the first object, determining, based on the set of object property information and the set of haptic device capability information, an actual extended reality experience for the object type, and initiating, based on a determined delta between the expected extended reality experience for the object type and the actual extended reality experience for the object type, a message configured to cause a printing of a second object of the object type for the extended reality experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: James Pratt, Nigel Bradley, Nikhil Marathe, Eric Zavesky
  • Patent number: 11188188
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a display; a sensor for detecting three dimensional objects; a processing system including a processor coupled to the display and sensor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: identifying a three dimensional object proximal to a user of the device; tracking and storing a position of the three dimensional object; creating an augmented reality (AR) presentation for the user, wherein the AR presentation includes an image of the three dimensional object and an enhancement of the three dimensional object; and displaying the AR presentation to the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Bhumit Patel, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Timothy Innes
  • Patent number: 11182965
    Abstract: In one example, a method for generating and displaying markers in XR environments to enhance social engagement among users includes presenting, by a processing system, an extended reality environment to a first user, wherein the extended reality environment combines elements of a real world environment surrounding the first user with elements of a virtual world, inferring, by the processing system, a marker to be associated with a second user in the extended reality environment, wherein the marker indicates information about the second user; and modifying, by the processing system, the extended reality environment to incorporate the marker in a manner that is apparent to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, Nikhil Marathe, James Pratt
  • Patent number: 11184517
    Abstract: A system of cameras can be used to generate a complete field of view within an edge network. For example, one camera can have a field of view where part of the view is obstructed by an object and/or by the camera's orientation. Yet another camera that is a part of the edge network can supplement the view of the first camera by providing an alternate view. The two views can be stitched together by a coordinate system such that a complete field of view can be utilized by both cameras. Additionally, where a field of view is not available by any stationary camera, the system can dispatch a mobile camera to help supplement the views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Nigel Bradley, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 11170783
    Abstract: Multi-agent input coordination can be used to for acoustic collaboration of multiple listening agents deployed in smart devices on a premises, improving the accuracy of identifying requests and specifying where that request should be honored, improving quality of detection, and providing better understanding of user commands and user intent throughout the premises. A processor or processors such as those in a smart speaker can identify audio requests received through at least two agents in a network and determine at which of the agents to actively process a selected audio request. The identification can make use of techniques such as location context and secondary trait analysis. The audio request can include simultaneous audio requests received through at least two agents, differing audio requests received from different requesters, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Timothy Innes, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley
  • Publication number: 20210342925
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, in a personal inventory database, first identification information associated with a first item purchased by a first user at a first website of a first merchant, the first identification information being obtained electronically from one or more first servers that provide the first website; storing, in the personal inventory database, second identification information associated with a second item purchased by the first user at a second website of a second merchant, the second merchant being a different merchant than the first merchant, the second website being a different website than the first website, the second identification information being obtained electronically from one or more second servers that provide the second website, and each of the one or more second servers being a different server than each of the one or more first servers; receiving first web browsing data based upon monitoring first web browsing of the first user, the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20210342884
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, in a database, information associated with a first item purchased by a user, the information comprising an identification of the first item and a time of purchase of the first item; receiving web browsing data based upon monitoring, by another device, web browsing of the user; determining, based upon the web browsing data that is received, whether the user is currently browsing at a shopping website, resulting in a determination; responsive to the determination being that the user is currently browsing at the shopping website, querying the database to determine an elapsed time since the time of purchase of the first item; responsive to the elapsed time meeting a threshold, generating a message to send to the another device monitoring the web browsing, the message informing the user of a suggested second item for the buyer to purchase, the suggested second item being a replacement for the first item; and sending the message to the another dev
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 11159858
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing to a user device a video content item including at least one scene which includes a plurality of advertisement placement opportunities and determining a preference profile for an individual associated with the user device. Aspects further include selecting a group of matching advertisements having advertisement profiles that match the preference profile for the individual and determining a relative prominence score for each advertisement placement opportunity. Aspects further include ordering the matching advertisements according to prominence information specified for each matching advertisement, wherein the prominence information corresponds to a relative desired prominence specified by an advertiser associated with the matching advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Patent number: 11159585
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains physical and social environmental data for a communication device user, and provides content for presentation at the device. First reaction data, obtained via sensors associated with the user, indicate the user's reaction to presentation of the content; the data is analyzed to determine user affinity for the content in a context of the physical and social environments. The content is modified during the presentation; second reaction data is obtained and analyzed to determine a second user affinity for the modified content. If the affinity is enhanced, the modified content is sent to other users' equipment via a social network. Affinity responses regarding the modified content are analyzed, and a set of users is identified as an affinity group; additional content is transmitted to equipment of the affinity group. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley, James Pratt, Timothy Innes
  • Publication number: 20210326928
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for presenting a group of advertisements within media content by a software application on a display communicatively coupled to the communication device resulting in a presentation of the group of advertisements, and operating a virtual assistant application simultaneously with the software application. Further embodiments include detecting voice input from a user associated with the communication device using a voice recognition technique utilized by the virtual assistant application, identifying first user data based on the voice input associated with a group of advertising entities associated with the group of advertisements, and obtaining information regarding the group of advertising entities based on the first user data. Additional embodiments include determining a group of recommended actions according to the information regarding the group of advertising entities, and providing the user with the group of recommended actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Robert Koch, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20210326927
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for detecting a navigation application operating on a first communication device, and identifying a location of the first communication device. Further embodiments can include obtaining a first advertisement and a second advertisement according to the location of the first communication device as well as determining a first priority associated with the first advertisement and a second priority associated with the second advertisement. Additional embodiments can include determining the first priority is higher than the second priority resulting in a determination to present the first advertisement prior to the second advertisement, and providing the first advertisement, the second advertisement, and the determination to the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, SR, Robert Koch, Ari Craine