Patents by Inventor Robert C. Streijl
Robert C. Streijl 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: 11082886Abstract: Reception of network load data is disclosed. For instance, the network load data can provide indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 11019387Abstract: A method embodying the disclosure includes facilitating communications with mobile user equipment (UE) devices to form a collaborative group that uses a local wireless network. A UE receives video content from a content provider via a first network, presents the video content, and predicts a degradation of presentation quality for a portion of the video content. The UE sends requests to other UEs in the group for subportions of the video content, and receives the subportions via the local wireless network. The requesting UE aggregates the received subportions to obtain an alternate video portion for presentation and thus mitigate the predicted degradation of presentation quality. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10911363Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including identifying, by a processing system including a processor, performance indicators for a flow on a communication network. The system determines a size criterion for the flow, and a flow shaping criterion based on the data type and including a threshold value of a performance indicator. If the size criterion is met, the system monitors the performance indicators and initiates a flow shaping procedure responsive to the flow shaping criterion being met. The system also detects a change in the performance indicators due to the flow shaping procedure, and discontinues the procedure during the flow, responsive to the changed performance indicators not meeting the flow shaping criterion. The system may also resume the flow shaping procedure during the flow if the performance indicators subsequently meet the flow shaping criterion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert C. Streijl, Robert Zegheru, Emir Halepovic
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Publication number: 20200314017Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including identifying, by a processing system including a processor, performance indicators for a flow on a communication network. The system determines a size criterion for the flow, and a flow shaping criterion based on the data type and including a threshold value of a performance indicator. If the size criterion is met, the system monitors the performance indicators and initiates a flow shaping procedure responsive to the flow shaping criterion being met. The system also detects a change in the performance indicators due to the flow shaping procedure, and discontinues the procedure during the flow, responsive to the changed performance indicators not meeting the flow shaping criterion. The system may also resume the flow shaping procedure during the flow if the performance indicators subsequently meet the flow shaping criterion. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert C. Streijl, Robert Zegheru, Emir Halepovic
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Publication number: 20200236585Abstract: Reception of network load data is disclosed. For instance, the network load data can provide indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10638352Abstract: Management services are provided during local breakout at a femto access point (FAP). In an aspect, the FAP facilitates policy management and employs a policy component to perform an analysis and enforce a set of policies for dynamically selecting an optimal route for traffic received at the FAP based on a decision-making process. Typically, the set of policies can specify different routes based on various factors, such as, but not limited to, type of traffic, current and/or future network resource availability, current time, day and/or date, location of the FAP, location of a UE sending/receiving the traffic, a lowest cost route, and/or route based on cost-benefit, etc. Further, a monitoring component is employed to observe the route employed by that traffic, which can be utilized by various services, such as, billing, Quality of Service, security management, address management, failure management and/or provisioning.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Cheng P. Liu, Alireza Farid Faryar, Kurt Huber, Henry Jackson Fowler, Jr., Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10623985Abstract: Reception of network load data is disclosed. For instance, the network load data can provide indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10491470Abstract: Methods, systems, and products notify users when changes in a communication network improve quality of service. When a service provider changes a configuration parameter in the communications network, a change to the configuration parameter is compared to a rule. When the change to the configuration parameter results in a perceivable improvement in quality of service, a notification is sent to a user's device. The notification informs the user's device of the improvement in quality of service caused by the change to the configuration parameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Aaron, Cagatay Buyukkoc, Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20190342601Abstract: A method embodying the disclosure includes facilitating communications with mobile user equipment (UE) devices to form a collaborative group that uses a local wireless network. A UE receives video content from a content provider via a first network, presents the video content, and predicts a degradation of presentation quality for a portion of the video content. The UE sends requests to other UEs in the group for subportions of the video content, and receives the subportions via the local wireless network. The requesting UE aggregates the received subportions to obtain an alternate video portion for presentation and thus mitigate the predicted degradation of presentation quality. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10405023Abstract: A method embodying the disclosure includes facilitating communications with mobile user equipment (UE) devices to form a collaborative group that uses a local wireless network. A UE receives video content from a content provider via a first network, presents the video content, and predicts a degradation of presentation quality for a portion of the video content. The UE sends requests to other UEs in the group for subportions of the video content, and receives the subportions via the local wireless network. The requesting UE aggregates the received subportions to obtain an alternate video portion for presentation and thus mitigate the predicted degradation of presentation quality. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10397825Abstract: Explicit congestion notification (ECN) data that is utilized in a core portion of a cellular communication network has known issues associated with a first use scenario and an infrequent use scenario. A probe comprising probe data and a data structure for storing certain ECN data can be transmitted in order to mitigate these issues. Transmitting the probe in response to a communication session being established with a device of a network can mitigate the first use issue. Transmitting the probe in response to expiration of a probe timer in connection with a network traffic idle period can mitigate the infrequent use scenario.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20190200256Abstract: Reception of network load data is disclosed. For instance, the network load data can provide indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 10225761Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that receive network load data. The network load data provides indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20180146396Abstract: Explicit congestion notification (ECN) data that is utilized in a core portion of a cellular communication network has known issues associated with a first use scenario and an infrequent use scenario. A probe comprising probe data and a data structure for storing certain ECN data can be transmitted in order to mitigate these issues. Transmitting the probe in response to a communication session being established with a device of a network can mitigate the first use issue. Transmitting the probe in response to expiration of a probe timer in connection with a network traffic idle period can mitigate the infrequent use scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Zhi Cui, Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 9936418Abstract: Explicit congestion notification (ECN) data that is utilized in a core portion of a cellular communication network has known issues associated with a first use scenario and an infrequent use scenario. A probe comprising probe data and a data structure for storing certain ECN data can be transmitted in order to mitigate these issues. Transmitting the probe in response to a communication session being established with a device of a network can mitigate the first use issue. Transmitting the probe in response to expiration of a probe timer in connection with a network traffic idle period can mitigate the infrequent use scenario.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Zhi Cui, Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20180054645Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including facilitating communications with mobile user equipment (UE) devices to form a collaborative group that uses a local wireless network. A UE receives video content from a content provider via a first network, presents the video content, and predicts a degradation of presentation quality for a portion of the video content. The UE sends requests to other UEs in the group for subportions of the video content, and receives the subportions via the local wireless network. The requesting UE aggregates the received subportions to obtain an alternate video portion for presentation and thus mitigate the predicted degradation of presentation quality. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventor: ROBERT C. STREIJL
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Publication number: 20160135077Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that receive network load data. The network load data provides indication of a utilization level extant in a wireless cellular network. The systems and methods, as a function of the utilization level, determine a congestion metric that indicates a level of congestion determined to have been experienced by a communication packet using the wireless cellular network device. Further, the disclosed systems and methods schedules transmission of communication packets to an end user device via the wireless cellular network device, as a function of the determined congestion metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventor: Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20160007225Abstract: Management services are provided during local breakout at a femto access point (FAP). In an aspect, the FAP facilitates policy management and employs a policy component to perform an analysis and enforce a set of policies for dynamically selecting an optimal route for traffic received at the FAP based on a decision-making process. Typically, the set of policies can specify different routes based on various factors, such as, but not limited to, type of traffic, current and/or future network resource availability, current time, day and/or date, location of the FAP, location of a UE sending/receiving the traffic, a lowest cost route, and/or route based on cost-benefit, etc. Further, a monitoring component is employed to observe the route employed by that traffic, which can be utilized by various services, such as, billing, Quality of Service, security management, address management, failure management and/or provisioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Cheng P. Liu, Alireza Farid Faryar, Kurt Huber, Henry Jackson Fowler, JR., Robert C. Streijl
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Publication number: 20150358854Abstract: Explicit congestion notification (ECN) data that is utilized in a core portion of a cellular communication network has known issues associated with a first use scenario and an infrequent use scenario. A probe comprising probe data and a data structure for storing certain ECN data can be transmitted in order to mitigate these issues. Transmitting the probe in response to a communication session being established with a device of a network can mitigate the first use issue. Transmitting the probe in response to expiration of a probe timer in connection with a network traffic idle period can mitigate the infrequent use scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Zhi Cui, Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Robert C. Streijl
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Patent number: 9185543Abstract: Management services are provided during local breakout at a femto access point (FAP). In an aspect, the FAP facilitates policy management and employs a policy component to perform an analysis and enforce a set of policies for dynamically selecting an optimal route for traffic received at the FAP based on a decision-making process. Typically, the set of policies can specify different routes based on various factors, such as, but not limited to, type of traffic, current and/or future network resource availability, current time, day and/or date, location of the FAP, location of a UE sending/receiving the traffic, a lowest cost route, and/or route based on cost-benefit, etc. Further, a monitoring component is employed to observe the route employed by that traffic, which can be utilized by various services, such as, billing, Quality of Service, security management, address management, failure management and/or provisioning.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Cheng P. Liu, Alireza Farid Faryar, Kurt Huber, Henry Jackson Fowler, Jr., Robert C. Streijl