AT&T Patent Applications

Interpretation Workflows for Machine Learning-Enabled Event Tree-Based Diagnostic and Customer Problem Resolution

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240177173
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to interpretation workflows for machine learning-enabled event tree-based diagnostic and customer problem resolution. According to one aspect, a system can receive a workflow construction specification derived from a machine learning-enabled event tree (“MLET”). The MLET can be generated for use by a customer service agent to resolve a customer problem. The workflow construction specification can include a plurality of objects,…

EVENT-DRIVEN SELF-PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS IN SMART HOMES AND SMART COMMUNITIES

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240173867
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system allocates resources of a smart community to respond to an event; the resources include robots in smart homes of the smart community having smart home controllers, and each robot includes a first group of software modules comprising a first personality of that robot. The method also includes informing the smart home controllers regarding tasks to be performed by the robots, where each robot…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURROGATE GAMEPLAY

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240173628
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having 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: receiving a request from a first user of an electronic event to invoke a surrogate to control an avatar of the first user; retrieving data describing characteristics of the surrogate; and altering a presentation of the avatar for the…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PROXY GAMEPLAY

Granted: May 30, 2024
Application Number: 20240173617
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a 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: receiving a request for a proxy player to continue gameplay on behalf of a player of a game; retrieving data describing characteristics of historical gameplay of the player; and continuing the gameplay by the proxy player, wherein…

Data Transport Compression and Reduction Based Upon Intra-Content User Focus

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240169598
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to data transport compression and reduction based upon intra-content user focus. In one aspect disclosed herein, a device, such as an extended reality (“XR”) headset, can determine an intra-content focus area of a user viewing a display. The device can provide the intra-content focus area to a content server, which can determine a content portion associated with the intra-content focus area. The device can receive, from the…

MANAGING MOBILE DEVICE VOICE OVER WI-Fl HANDOVER

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240172073
The disclosed technology is directed towards preventing a handover of a Wi-Fi call to a Fifth Generation (5G) standalone cellular network. In one alternative, a 5G standalone usage setting is disabled on a mobile device when Wi-Fi calling is enabled on the mobile device. In another alternative, a 5G standalone usage setting is disabled on a mobile device when Wi-Fi calling is enabled on the mobile device and the mobile device is connected to a Wi-Fi network, which facilitates camping on…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CROWD SOURCED CONTENT FOR DIGITAL SIMULATION

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240171799
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, defining at least one requirement for a capture of source content in the physical world, generating a request for the source content in accordance with the at least one requirement, obtaining first source content from a first content generator based on the request, and generating a digital representation of the physical world based on the first source content. Other embodiments are disclosed.

WIRELINE AND/OR WIRELESS INTEGRATED ACCESS NETWORKS

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240171508
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: obtaining a first indication of a first decision to communicate with a first communication device via a wired network endpoint of a wired communication system, the first communication device being in…

MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CELLULAR SERVICE ISSUE TROUBLESHOOTING USING LIMITED GROUND TRUTH DATA

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240171480
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, training a first machine learning model based on a combination of labeled training data and unlabeled training data, the first machine learning model producing augmented training data, training a second machine learning model based on a combination of the labeled training data and the augmented training data, receiving, at a client device, customer information about a service degradation at a user equipment (UE) device of a…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR SCALABLE AND LAYERED ARCHITECTURE FOR REAL-TIME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR (KPI) PREDICTION IN MOBILE NETWORKS

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240171479
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network, and obtaining a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity. Further embodiments can include obtaining a group of KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers, and determining a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on…

Proof of Ownership of Extended Reality Objects

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240169363
An extended reality (“XR”) server computer can identify a plurality of XR objects present in an XR environment. The XR server computer can determine an owner for an XR object of the plurality of XR objects. The XR server computer can visually differentiate, based on the owner, the extended reality object from other extended reality objects of the plurality of extended reality objects. The XR environment can be a virtual reality (“VR”) environment, an augmented reality (“AR”)…

On-Demand Trusted Extended Reality Environments

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240169052
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to on-demand trusted extended reality (“XR”) environments. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user device can create a trusted list identifying at least one trusted XR environment. The user device can connect to an untrusted XR server computer and can allow a user avatar associated with a user to enter an untrusted XR environment provided by the untrusted XR server. The user device can detect an event for which a…

Split Ledger for Securing Extended Reality Environments

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240169051
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to providing a split ledger for securing extended reality (“XR”) environments. According to one aspect, an XR server computer can create an XR environment. The XR server computer can cause a passed ledger to be populated with an environment ID associated with the XR environment. The XR server computer can cause a hash ledger to be populated with a first hash of the environment ID. The XR server computer can register a user…

NETWORK ASSISTED NAVIGATION FOR INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240167827
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving source information and destination information from a user device, receiving information defining an interactive application from the user device. determining, using network information of a mobility network, a navigation path from a source to a destination, the navigation path selected to enable continuous use of the interactive application with the user device on the mobility network during a journey from the source…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A ROBOT SYSTEM

Granted: May 23, 2024
Application Number: 20240165815
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a robot of a group of robots, a condition of the robot to obtain a determined result. A corrective plan is identified responsive to the determined result indicating a deficiency and a determination is made as to whether the robot is configured to perform the corrective plan. The corrective plan is executed responsive to a determination that the robot is configured to perform the corrective plan. Alternatively,…

METAVERSE DYNAMIC LOCATION LINKS

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240161414
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example providing virtual links and/or virtual content to metaverse users based at least in part on the metaverse user's physical location and/or viewing direction. Low resolution images of physical objects expected to be in a field of view of a metaverse user may be matched to actual images of physical objects in a metaverse user's field of view prior to providing virtual links and/or virtual content. Other embodiments are disclosed.

DUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE RADIO DEVICE AND SERVICE RECOVERY METHOD

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240163946
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio device that has first and second subscriber identity modules; radio resources; 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 establishing a first communications network connection associated with the first subscriber identity module; establishing a second communications network connection…

Software-Defined Wide Area Network Self-Service for Service Assurance

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240163313
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to software-defined wide-area network (“SD-WAN”) self-service for service assurance. The proposed SD-WAN self-service solution can be used for any policy-driven system that automatically troubleshoots the problems resulting from hybrid SD-WAN network activities, including virtual private network (“VPN”), IP tunnel, IPSec, and security policies. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a method can check network…

Predicting and Using Threat Levels for Cyber Threats Using Data From Public Data Sources

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240163303
Predicting and using threat levels for cyber threats using data from public data sources can include obtaining cyber vulnerability and threat data (“threat data”) from publicly available data sources including a social networking service, the threat data including social networking messages. A threat that is predicted to exploit a vulnerability can be determined based on the threat data. Filtered threat data that includes social networking messages that mention the threat can be…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING FLEXIBILITY AND CAPACITY IN A PROVISIONING OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES UTILIZING A FIBER MEDIUM

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240162961
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via a fiber, first data from a first user equipment using a first secondary subcarrier included in a first plurality of secondary subcarriers, the first plurality of secondary subcarriers being included as part of a first primary subcarrier, and transmitting, via the fiber, second data to a second user equipment using a second secondary subcarrier included in a second plurality of secondary subcarriers, the second…