AT&T Patent Applications

Alarm Correlation and Ticketing for Open Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Networks

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146436
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to alarm correlation and ticketing for reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (“ROADM”) networks. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a ROADM controller can create, based upon data associated with a plurality of ROADM network elements operating in a ROADM network, a graph of the plurality ROADM network elements. The ROADM controller can retrieve a plurality of alarms from at least a portion the plurality of ROADM…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING A NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON PARAMETER(S)

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240147357
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, initiating a data request over a mobile network, and identifying a group of parameters associated with the data request. Further embodiments include selecting a first active network associated with a first active access point name (APN) (or data network name (DNN) from a group of networks based on the group of parameters, and the mobile network comprises the group of networks. Additional embodiments include identifying a first…

ASSISTED SWITCHING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240147257
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting conditions of an operating environment of a user equipment device (UE); determining that the operating environment is an adverse environment; and providing a signal to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine on the UE regarding the adverse environment; the AI engine, responsive to the signal, obtains from a database on the UE a list of procedures for improving the performance of the UE and creates a strategy that…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE HOTSPOT TAGGING

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240147253
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio frequency hotspot device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of: registering the device in a network using a hotspot miner tag that uniquely identifies the device; establishing a backhaul in the network for providing Internet connectivity responsive to receiving…

AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND REPORTING FOR DEPLOYABLE CELL SITES

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240147250
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and/or location map can be…

UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD-BASED QUALITY OF SERVICE ALLOW/DENY REGISTRATION FOR ROAMING

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240147209
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, registering a mobile device with a mobile communication network as a roaming network, the roaming network communicating with a home network associated with the mobile device to complete the registering, initiating access to a service on the roaming network, retrieving information about access permission status of the service for the mobile device on the roaming network; responsive to the information about access permission…

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS SHARING A LIMITED TRUNK GROUP

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146839
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, facilitating communication sessions such as voice calls over a plurality of radios of the wireless PBX via one or more carriers, where the wireless PBX includes a plurality of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) and a plurality of radios, wherein there are a maximum number of concurrent communication sessions permitted that are fewer than a number of the plurality of SIMs; determining that the maximum number of concurrent…

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTUATING A NETWORK OF AUTONOMOUS DEVICES

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146568
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining characteristics of autonomous devices, identifying a portion of the autonomous devices having relatable characteristics, and assigning a network to the portion of autonomous devices for enabling communications with the portion of autonomous devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A METAVERSE DEVICE

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146551
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, associating a link of a non-fungible token (NFT) metaverse communication device to provisioning data of a service account of non-virtual user equipment, receiving a communication request, detecting the NFT metaverse communication device is available for use in a metaverse system, and initiating communications with the NFT metaverse communication device via the metaverse system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

RECONFIGURABLE PASSIVE TERMINAL THAT MANAGES ACCESS TO AN OPTICAL CHANNEL SPECTRUM

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146438
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a housing that includes a first waveguide port and a second waveguide port, wherein the first waveguide port is configured for receiving an optical signal via a first optical waveguide optically coupled to the first waveguide port. The housing may include a passive optical processing module that is removably coupled to the housing and optically coupled to the first waveguide port. The passive optical processing module is…

METAVERSE SERVICE INTERACTION WITH SMART ROBOTS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240139956
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data indicative of a first location of a first physical robot operating in a smart community, obtaining second data indicative of a second location of a second physical robot operating in the smart community, obtaining third data indicative of a third location of a third physical robot operating in the smart community, obtaining a request for assistance from the first physical robot; and responsive to obtaining…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING AN AERIAL BASE STATION IN MOBILE NETWORKS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240146394
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first extended cell global identifier (ECGI) of an aerial base station (ABS), determining a location of the ABS, and determining that a terrestrial base station (TBS) is within a distance threshold of the location of the ABS. Further embodiments include providing the first ECGI of the ABS to the TBS, and providing instructions to the TBS to obtain an ECGI from each terrestrial communication device (TCD)…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING IMMERSIVE EXHIBITS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240144604
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing a first depiction of an exhibit environment, wherein the first depiction of the exhibit environment comprises an image of at least one artifact and an image of at least one interface element, and wherein the at least one interface element is located in the exhibit environment at a first location relative to the at least one artifact; obtaining a first user profile of a first user, wherein the first user profile…

System for Derivation of Consistent Avatar Appearance Across Metaverse Ecosystems

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240144571
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving avatar definition information from a user, the avatar definition information defining aspects of a user avatar to represent the user in an immersive experience in a first metaverse; activating the user avatar in the first metaverse, the user avatar defined according to the avatar definition information; and activating the user avatar in a second metaverse, the user avatar representing the user in the second metaverse,…

Providing and Using a Digital Asset Delivery Service

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240144359
Providing and using a digital asset delivery service can include obtaining a digital asset delivery request that identifies a digital asset that is to be provided to a recipient device, the recipient device, and delivery requirements associated with providing the digital asset to the recipient device. A data source and a network resource via which the data source is to provide the digital asset to the recipient device can be determined, where the data source and the network resource are…

Distributed Tracing Leveraging Event Logs

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240143471
A flow logging utility tracer (“FLUTE”) system can present a FLUTE user interface through which the FLUTE system can receive a trace request. The FLUTE system can interface, via a FLUTE controller, with a FLUTE adapter corresponding to a cloud environment associated with the trace request. The FLUTE adaptor can extract event log data from a log repository corresponding to the cloud environment. The FLUTE adapter can filter the event log data according to a logging specification. The…

Automated Deployment and Management of Network Functions in Multi-Vendor Cloud Networks

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240143301
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to automated deployment and management of network functions in multi-vendor cloud networks. A service provider system can create at least one repository structure to hold at least one pipeline, at least one artifact, at least one image, and code used to create a network function defined by a vendor. The service provider system can create a secrets management structure for the network function. The service provider system can…

SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT BETWEEN SMART HOMES AND SMART COMMUNITIES

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240142988
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system determines that performance of a service is required at a first location in a smart community; identifies a robot to be transported, and determines whether physical transport or virtual transport is to be performed for the robot. If physical transport is to be performed, the system initiates communication with a robot transport controller to schedule the physical transport to the first…

SMART ON-DEMAND MARKETPLACE AND SERVICE DELIVERY FOR ROBOTS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240139965
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first, second, and third data associated with respective first, second, and third physical robots operating in a smart community (wherein the first data comprises a first historical listing of first tasks that had been performed by the first physical robot, wherein the second data comprises a second historical listing of second tasks that had been performed by the second physical robot, wherein the first tasks and the…

SMART ON-DEMAND STORAGE FOR ROBOTS

Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number: 20240139958
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first, second, and third data respectively from first, second, and third physical robots operating in a smart community, obtaining a request message from the third physical robot, the request message comprising a request by the third physical robot to be stored at a location; and responsive to obtaining the request message: determining whether the first physical robot incudes a first storage space sufficiently large to…