Patents by Inventor Stephen Hardin

Stephen Hardin 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: 20260164255
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining performance data of a wireless network determined by multiple wireless devices at multiple different locations, the performance data describing a performance of the wireless network at the multiple different locations. The network performance data is associated with multiple performance levels or ranges and the network performance data is analyzed according to the multiple performance ranges to identify one or more spatial performance zones according to the performance data, the multiple different locations, and the multiple performance ranges. The operations further include determining user location data of a mobile device and determining performance-based information based at least in part on the user location data and the one or more spatial performance zones. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260162533
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining geographic data that defines a traffic flow zone; obtaining vehicle data associated with each of one or more vehicles (the vehicle data comprising, for each vehicle, a location and a an autonomous capability); comparing the location of each vehicle with the geographic data to identify which of the vehicle(s) is within the traffic flow zone, resulting in a set of identified vehicle(s); analyzing the autonomous capability of each vehicle that is in the set of identified vehicle(s), wherein the analyzing results in a determination of whether each vehicle in the set of identified vehicle(s) meets a minimum autonomous capability threshold; and responsive to the determination being that each vehicle in the set of identified vehicle(s) meets the minimum autonomous capability threshold, facilitating management of movement of each vehicle in the set of identified vehicle(s). Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260164271
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data, analyzing the first data to delineate a plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone and the second zone are distinguishable from one another in terms of at least one wireless network performance characteristic, obtaining, from a communication device, a request for wireless network performance data pertaining to a specified location that is within a threshold distance of the first zone, the second zone, or a combination thereof, based on the obtaining of the request, processing the request to identify second data corresponding to the wireless network performance data, wherein at least a portion of the second data is based on the first data, and transmitting the second data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260162537
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data associated with a first vehicle, wherein the first data comprises a first location, a first direction of travel, and a first velocity; obtaining second data associated with a second vehicle, wherein the second data comprises a second location, a second direction of travel, and a second velocity; identifying an alerting condition caused by the second vehicle; responsive to the identifying of the alerting condition, determining a relative location vector between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmitting a message to the first vehicle, wherein the message includes a description of the alerting condition and the relative location vector. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260156555
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing an identification of an access point name (APN) used to access a first network in association with at least one rule for accessing a resource of a second network, configuring a first user equipment with the identification of the APN such that the first user equipment accesses the first network using the APN, receiving, based on the configuring, a request for the resource from the first user equipment, the request including the identification of the APN, obtaining, based on the storing and the receiving, the at least one rule, and applying, based on the obtaining, the at least one rule to the request. 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 Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260149539
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a change in a performance of a wireless network in a geographic region from a first time to a second time based on an analysis of first data associated with the first time and second data associated with the second time, identifying a change in one or more features of the geographic region from a third time to a fourth time based on an analysis of third data associated with the third time and fourth data associated with the fourth time, and correlating the change in the one or more features of the geographic region and the change in the performance of the wireless network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hardin, Yupeng Jia, Anthony Dalby, James H. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20260067820
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Stephen Hardin, Jason Sikes, Tracey Green
  • Patent number: 12495361
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Stephen Hardin, Jason Sikes, Tracey Green
  • Publication number: 20230247556
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Stephen Hardin, Jason Sikes, Tracey Green
  • Patent number: 11653307
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Stephen Hardin, Jason Sikes, Tracey Green
  • Publication number: 20220361106
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Parra, Robert Holden, Stephen Hardin, Jason Sikes, Tracey Green
  • Publication number: 20070082655
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for secure over-the-air (OTA) programming, and particularly, activation, of a wireless unit in a particular communications system. The unit stores a stored key having been generated by using a key algorithm (K-algorithm) with an identifier associated with the unit as an input to the K-algorithm. The unit may receive information such as parameters and a verification number from a communications system for the purpose of programming the unit. The verification number is generated by using an authorization algorithm (A-algorithm) having the parameters and a key as A-algorithm inputs. They key is generated by the K-algorithm having the identifier associated with the K-algorithm input. In response to the receipt of the parameters and the verification number, the wireless unit generates a trial verification number by using the A-algorithm with the parameters and the stored key as trial inputs. The unit compares the verification number to the trial verification number for a match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Link, Stephen Hardin, Megan Klenzak
  • Publication number: 20060031475
    Abstract: Synchronizing database files of a central node with database files of a local node in which the central node is coupled to the local node via a communication link. The communication link performance being continuously monitored via a periodic signal sent back and forth between the central node and local node. Information indicative of the files of the central database are integrated with the monitoring signal portion sent from the central node to the local node and a determination is made whether the files integrated with the monitoring signal corresponds with files of the local database via indications in the monitoring signal portion returned from the local node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Marvin Fuller, Stephen Hardin