Patents by Inventor Robert Koch

Robert Koch 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).

  • Patent number: 12682033
    Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may receive a first request to access a content by a first user, identify that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user, and apply at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ginger Chien, Zhi Cui, Eric Zavesky, Robert T. Moton, Jr., Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12676903
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards virtual reality collaboration spaces with associated context data. Once created, a virtual reality collaboration space can be pervasively existent, such that the space can be joined or returned to as needed by any admitted participants. The existence of a created collaboration space in association with its collaboration context data can be advertised to specific invitees or general invitees, and can be searchable. In general, upon receiving a reservation request for reservation of a virtual reality collaboration space, a virtual location for the collaboration space is reserved. Access is granted to requesting entities authorized to access the space. Permissions can differ for different invitees, e.g., such that only permitted users can access proprietary information presented as a virtual reality element within the collaboration space. The collaboration space can also be used to drop off virtual reality elements, e.g., from one user to another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12675778
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards devices (nonhuman entities) participating in social networks. Devices that join a nonhuman social network can share information, can learn from other devices, can assist in performing tasks and so forth. A device can search for an existing nonhuman social network that matches its criteria for joining a nonhuman social network, such as a nonhuman social network of the same type of devices, a nonhuman social network within a certain neighborhood, and so on. A device can form a nonhuman social network if one does not exist that meets the device's social network join criteria. A device's user may need to give approval to join and/or form a social network. A human social network can interact with a nonhuman social network, and there can be hybrid social networks of both human and nonhuman entities. A device can change social networks over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12666119
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request to create an electronic representation of a past event (that occurred at a first location during a first time period); identifying stored data that had been captured by sensors (the stored data comprising first data that had been captured at a second location during a second time period and second data that had been captured at a third location during a third time period); obtaining the plurality of stored data that had been identified; and generating the electronic representation of the past event (the electronic representation of the past event comprising at least a first element from the first data and at least a second element from the second data). Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, Jr., Daniel Vivanco, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12656772
    Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a request for a performance of a task, where the task is to be performed by at least one autonomous vehicle, broadcast an offer for performing the task to a plurality of autonomous vehicles, obtain from a first autonomous vehicle of the plurality of autonomous vehicles, a bid to perform the task by the first autonomous vehicle and at least a second autonomous vehicle, and assign the task to the first autonomous vehicle and the at least the second autonomous vehicle in response to the bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Cui, Sangar Dowlatkhah, Sameena Khan, Troy Paige, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260156695
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a first user device, first and second locations of the first user device and a second user device; displaying, by the first user device, a virtual representation (spatially indicating the first and second user devices); receiving, by the first user device, input (indicating that the first user desires to communicate with the second user device); sending, by the first user device to a server, a request to establish a communication link between the first and second user devices (the request including the second location); identifying by the server a communication address for the second user device (the communication address being identified based on the second location that had been in the request); and facilitating by the server, via use of the communication address, the communication link between the first and second user devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, JR., Daniel Vivanco, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260154348
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving data describing a consumption of first content data by a user at a user device, determining content style preferences of the user, wherein the determining the content style preferences for the user is based on the data describing the consumption of the first content data by the user, receiving second content data for the user, and modifying the second content data for the user, forming a modified content item, wherein the modifying the second content data is based on the content style preferences of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, James H. Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine, Robert Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260156332
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request to create an electronic representation of a past event (that occurred at a first location during a first time period); identifying stored data that had been captured by sensors (the stored data comprising first data that had been captured at a second location during a second time period and second data that had been captured at a third location during a third time period); obtaining the plurality of stored data that had been identified; and generating the electronic representation of the past event (the electronic representation of the past event comprising at least a first element from the first data and at least a second element from the second data). Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, JR., Daniel Vivanco, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260156438
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving sensor location data for one or more sensors, receiving, by the processing system, user device location information for a user device, determining a match between the user device location information and sensor location data for at least one sensor of the one or more sensors, collecting sensor data from the at least one sensor, and presenting, to the user device, information for display by the user device, the information for display indicating availability of collected sensor data from the at least one sensor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, Robert Koch, James H. Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Robert Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20260154349
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a user-generated query from user equipment. In response to the user-generated query, obtaining consumption data within a geographic region of the user equipment, determining an environmental profile of the user equipment from the consumption data, and generating content for presentation at the user equipment that is responsive to the user-generated query and relevant to the environmental profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, James H. Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Robert Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260154386
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, over a network, first authentication information associated with a user; analyzing the first authentication information to determine a first authentication and to determine a confidence level for the first authentication; selecting a type of second authentication information from among a group of different authentication queries for a second authentication; providing a request for the second authentication information to an end user device associated with the user; receiving the second authentication information from the end user device; and authenticating the user according to the second authentication information based on a completeness threshold, where at least one of the selecting of the type of second authentication information or the completeness threshold is based on the confidence level. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, JR., Daniel Vivanco, Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20260156183
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting user equipment is in a vicinity of one or more sensors and sending a message to the user equipment requesting approval to enable the one or more sensors to capture sensor data in the vicinity of the user equipment. Responsive to receiving an approval message from the user equipment, enabling the one or more sensors to begin collecting the sensor data. Determining from the sensor data an environmental profile in a region of the user equipment, which is utilized for contextualizing generation of content presentable at the user equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, James H. Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Robert Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260156326
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, registering one or more sensors in a database, receiving, from first respective sensors of the one or more sensors, data describing consumption of a first content item by a user in an environment, receiving, from second respective sensors of the one or more sensors, information about a creation, by the user, of a second content item, wherein the second content item is related to the first content item, and determining a predicted knowledge score based on the information about the creation by the user of the second content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, James H. Pratt, Eric Zavesky, Robert Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260156199
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that collects user content data, both explicitly generated and implicitly generated, tags it with a user ID, and stores it in a database. The data is retrieved upon request and sent to a machine learning application to generate user-specific artificial intelligence (AI). The AI data is accessible via a personal recall application for user or authorized third-party queries. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Edwards, James H. Pratt, Robert Moton, JR., Eric Zavesky, Adrianne Binh Luu, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12647384
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards delivering electronic messages from senders to recipients in an intelligent way, based on the determined likelihood of each recipient acting on a message. Message delivery can be delayed upon delayed message delivery criterion being satisfied, based on user profile data the user establishes for each messaging application. Predicted recipient user availably, predicted recipient user receptivity and/or the identity of the sender, for example, can be used as factors in determining delivery data representing the likelihood of a recipient acting on a message. Delivery of the message is to a recipient's device is delayed when the delivery data satisfies delayed delivery criterion. The delayed delivery time can be determined from the recipient user's predicted availably and/or receptivity data, and/or the identity of the sender. The sender is notified of a delayed message delivery, and can be presented with options as to other actions to take.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260148633
    Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may monitor a condition of a premises during a time period via at least one sensor, where at least one user is permitted a use of the premises during the time period, detect a change in the condition of the premises during the time period via the at least one sensor, determine a violation of at least one rule relating to the use of the premises by the at least one user, wherein the violation is indicated by the change in the condition, and generate an alert of the violation of the at least one rule relating to the use of the premises by the at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Robert T. Moton, JR., Adrianne Binh Luu, James Pratt, Barrett Kreiner, Walter Cooper Chastain, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Patent number: 12639261
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media consumption database that stores data elements describing conditions under which electronic media content is consumed by a user on an electronic device. A search of the media consumption database based on at least a portion of the conditions may result in at least a portion of the electronic media content to be re-presented to an electronic device of the user Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Rashmi Palamadai, Eric Zavesky, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260143324
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a location of a user device; comparing, by the processing system, the location of the user device to an area at which an event is occurring; responsive to the comparing, determining by the processing system that the user device is spatially associated with the event that is occurring; and invoking, by the processing system, an event mode app on the user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, JR., Daniel Vivanco, Ari Craine, Robert Koch
  • Publication number: 20260141044
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a network, a captured reaction of a user experiencing a stimulus, where the stimulus is presented during accessing of an application by the user at an end user device; analyzing the captured reaction by a comparison with a baseline reaction of the user that is previously obtained; and providing an authentication over the network to the end user device in response to the comparison. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Michael Gonzales, Yupeng Jia, Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Moton, JR., Daniel Vivanco, Robert Koch, Ari Craine
  • Publication number: 20260133141
    Abstract: During a manufacture method, a component is scanned using a CT machine. The component includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first member aperture extending through the first member to the second member. Aperture data is determined for the first member aperture based on scan data. A centerline vector is determined for the first member aperture. The determining of the centerline vector includes fitting a geometric primitive to the aperture data to describe at least a portion of the scanned outer perimeter geometry of the first member aperture. The centerline vector for the first member aperture is determined based on a centerline vector of the geometric primitive and/or a center point of the geometric primitive. A point of intersection between the centerline vector and a reference plane is determined. A second member aperture is formed in the second member according to a formation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Brian Craig, Robert Koch, Derek Bialka