Methods, systems, and products for monitoring health
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11957526
Methods, systems, and products monitor a person's regimen for medicinal and dietary restrictions. When the person's regimen requires a liquid medication or supplement, an oral instrument is commanded to dispense a dosage of fluid. The oral instrument stores a reservoir of the fluid. If the oral instrument is a spoon, for example, the spoon may automatically dispense cough syrup or other medicine. A toothbrush, likewise, may automatically dispense mouthwash. A sensor may confirm presence…
Intelligent route selection of messages for low-power wide-area devices and other devices
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11963084
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining, by a processing system, real-time information regarding a state of a communication network and capabilities of the communication network; selecting a routing for delivering a message to user equipment (UE) coupled to the network, in accordance with the real-time information; and configuring a messaging path according to the routing. The method further includes detecting whether the UE is in a…
Grade of service control closed loop
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11963033
Systems and methods for managing network traffic receives, at a grade of service device, network traffic information for a plurality of network traffic channels from a network device separate from the grade of service device. The network traffic information is compared to a threshold to determine a behavior value for each network traffic channel. Each network traffic channel is mapped to a grade of service according to the behavior value.
Method and apparatus for content selection based on personal profiles
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962670
A content selection server including a processor configured to receive personal preference information from a plurality of personal media devices, select content based on the personal preference information, and provide playback of the content.
Discovering unused internet protocol version 4 address blocks
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962568
The disclosed technology is directed towards locating and counting unused nodes, such as free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address blocks. A hierarchical structure of nodes is created from an origin block to a specified lower level, and the hierarchical structure is processed using mapping and eliminating to locate free nodes. A first node group comprises node(s) in use, a second node group identifies intermediate subnets between the first node of the first node group and the…
Parallel data processing for service function chains spanning multiple servers
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962514
Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for parallel data processing for service function chains with network functions spanning multiple servers. An example system includes a first server hosting a first network function of a service function chain, a second server hosting a second network function of the service function chain, a mirror function deployed in a first switch to replicate a plurality of packets received by the system and to send respective copies of the…
Method and system for orthogonal pilot signaling
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962438
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a coherence block for each user equipment (UE) of a plurality of UEs being served by the first cell, resulting in a plurality of coherence blocks, responsive to the determining, identifying a smallest coherence block from the plurality of coherence blocks, identifying a pilot sequence length based on the smallest coherence block, determining a plurality of orthogonal pilot sequences based on the identifying the pilot…
Interference reduction in heterogenous terrestrial/aerial networks
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962394
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an aerial base station determining operating frequencies of terrestrial base stations, and taking one or more actions to reduce the potential for interference between the aerial base station and the terrestrial base stations. Actions taken by the aerial base station may include changing frequency, changing altitude, changing location, and changing transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Synchronized satellite communications
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962392
Synchronized satellite communications can include receiving, at a computer having a processor, a data request that identifies a requesting device, data to be received by the requesting device, and a time at which the data is to be received by the requesting device. The processor can determine a geographic location of the requesting device and locations of a plurality of satellites; identify, based on the geographic location of the requesting device and the locations of the plurality of…
System and method for offering network slice as a service
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11961101
A method includes defining a first specification for a first network slice, determining a first equilibrium value for a first time period for the first network slice offering, receiving a first bid price for the first network slice for the first time period from a first customer, comparing the first equilibrium value to the first bid price; and providing services using the network slice to the customer during the time period in accordance with the first specification and the bid price if…
Dynamic roaming
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956855
A system enables a home operator to establish an automated monitoring process which identifies outage events on competitor wireless networks (e.g., peer operators) operating in the same geographies as home operator. The home operator then is able to selectively offer, in near real-time, to open roaming to the peer operator, or implement roaming automatically based on predefined and mutually agreed upon rule sets. The monitoring process may observe non-customer attach request volumes in…
Facilitation of prioritization of accessibility of media
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956841
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…
Facilitating improved performance in advanced networks with multiple transmission points
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956762
Facilitating improved performance in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) with multiple transmission points is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining respective port numbers for respective ranks of a first transmission to a user equipment device. The operations also can comprise receiving an indication, from a second network device, of a first demodulation reference signal associated with a port number for a rank of a second transmission to the user…
Selecting spectator viewpoints in volumetric video presentations of live events
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956546
A method for selecting spectator viewpoints in volumetric video presentations of live events includes receiving a plurality of video streams depicting an event occurring in a venue, wherein the plurality of video streams are provided to a processor by a plurality of cameras which are geographically distributed within the venue, identifying an initial position of a target that is present in the venue, based on an analysis of the plurality of video streams, compositing the plurality of…
Internet protocol version 4-to-version 6 redirect for application function-specific user endpoint identifiers
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956302
The present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for an IPv4-to-IPv6 redirect to enable use of application function-specific user endpoint identifiers (AF-specific UEIds). In one example, a method performed by a processing system includes receiving, from an application function of a communications network, a redirected request for an AF-specific UEId that is unique to a user endpoint device and the application function, where the redirected request includes…
Massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) uplink enhancement in split radio access network (RAN) deployments
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11956041
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system comprising a distributed unit (DU) configured to generate sounding reference signal (SRS)-based beams, and a remote unit (RU) communicatively coupled with the DU over a fronthaul, wherein the RU is configured to generate demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-based beams and perform digital beamforming for an uplink using the DMRS-based beams in combination with the SRS-based beams. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Optimizing and reducing redundant dispatch tickets via network knowledge graph
Granted: April 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11954609
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to optimizing and reducing redundant dispatch tickets via a network knowledge graph. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a network knowledge graph generation system (“NKGGS”) can construct a machine learning model to determine a probability of an installation job needing a helper job to fulfill a service order. The NKGGS can execute the machine learning model to determine the probability. The machine learning model can…
Image classification attack mitigation
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11947630
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to image classification attack mitigation. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a system can obtain an original image and reduce a resolution of the original image to create a reduced resolution image. The system can classify the reduced resolution image and output a first classification. The system also can classify the original image via deep learning image classification and output a second…
Automatic connectivity for voice over WI-FI calls
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11950098
A UE can enable a VoWIFI service, receive hidden SSID information, and register with a core network via a RAN. The UE can monitor a first signal strength of a first signal from the RAN. The UE can scan for a second signal from a WLAN, and when found, can measure a second signal strength of the second signal. The UE can determine whether the first signal strength is at or below a first threshold. If so, and if the WLAN is untrusted, the UE can probe it with the hidden SSID information. If…
Methods and apparatuses for a modular and extensible advertisement request
Granted: April 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11949954
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first request that includes a key, wherein the key identifies: a processing system that is a targeted recipient of an advertisement, a stream in which a primary content item is being provisioned to the processing system, and a service provider, based at least in part on the transmitting of the first request, obtaining information pertaining to an advertisement from a device of the service provider, and inserting…
