AT&T Patent Applications

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE AND COST SHARING AMONG MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS SUPPORTING METAVERSE SERVICES

Granted: October 10, 2024
Application Number: 20240340378
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: recording usage of a network resource owned by a mobile network operator, wherein the mobile network operator shares the network resource in a network with other network resources shared by a plurality of mobile network operators; and…

SPAMMER LOCATION DETECTION

Granted: October 10, 2024
Application Number: 20240340374
The described technology is generally directed towards spammer location detection, and in particular, to locating a spammer that makes multiple calls from a given location via a cellular communications network. In some examples, network equipment can obtain call trace records associated with the multiple calls, identify a group of call trace records based on a shared call trace feature, aggregate data from call trace records within the group, and determine an estimated location based on…

Event-Based Analytics Tool for Networks

Granted: October 10, 2024
Application Number: 20240340216
An event-based analytics tool can obtain, from a data lake, an instance of correlated event data including a first event from a first network device a second event from a second network device, and data correlating the first event to the second event. The event-based analytics tool can obtain PCAP data from a troubleshooting server via a first application programming interface. The event-based analytics tool can also obtain a log from a searchable log database via a second application…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) BASED ON HEIGHT THRESHOLDS OF BASE STATIONS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334260
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining measurements reports of a group of target base stations. Each measurement report includes a target height threshold of a target base station from the group of target base stations. Further embodiments can include receiving a notification that an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communicatively coupled to a serving base station has exceeded a serving height threshold of the serving base station, selecting a first target…

SPLIT INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334508
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 facilitating establishment of a communications path between an open device and a remote device through a communications network; receiving an indication of potentially sensitive information on the communications path; and facilitating…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LOCATION ANOMALIES OF MOBILE DEVICES

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334385
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: generating a hash table of keys from identifiers for mobile devices in a communications network; filtering records of signaling events received from the communications network; sorting the records of signaling events to generate a time…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR BROADCASTING HEIGHT-BASED THRESHOLD OF BASE STATIONS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) OVER MOBILE NETWORKS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334293
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing instructions to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), via a serving base station, to collect target height thresholds of target base stations. The UAV receives the target height thresholds from the target base stations, and transmits the target height thresholds to a network device, via the serving base station. Further embodiments can include determining a current height of the UAV exceeds a serving height threshold of…

METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR ENHANCING GROUP MOBILITY FOR A MOBILE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NODE

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334292
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example receiving a group of mobility measurements associated with a communication device. A group of communication devices is communicatively coupled to the mobile IAB node device as a mobility group. Further embodiments include receiving a request from the communication device to join the mobility group, selecting the communication device to join the mobility group based on the group of mobility measurements, and transmitting a…

DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN MOBILITY INTERWORKING ACROSS RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334284
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations including receiving a first message from a mobile management entity (MME) in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network indicating a handover of user equipment (UE) to a fifth generation (5G) network covering a first area in which the UE is located; discovering an access…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION SERVICES VIA CONNECTIONLESS TECHNOLOGY

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334276
Aspects of the disclosure include transmitting first payload data to a first communication device via a first link, subsequent to the transmitting of the first payload data, obtaining a first indication that a handover is being negotiated between the first communication device and a second communication device, based on the first indication, placing, at a processing system, the first link in an inactive state, based on the first indication, storing second payload data in a buffer, and…

INTELLIGENT PERSONALIZED ALERT/NOTIFICATION AS A SERVICE

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334163
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system receives an alert for delivery to user equipment devices (UEs) communicating on a network. The system determines a type of the alert and a coverage area for the alert; identifies UEs in the coverage area for delivery of the alert; and determines, for each of the UEs, a priority level for the alert, and selects, for each of the UEs, a delivery profile for delivering the alert; the delivery…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AN INTELLIGENT NETWORK VIDEO PLAYER FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333651
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, selecting a first rate limit for a conveyance of first video traffic in a communication system based on an analysis of a first plurality of key performance indicator (KPI) values for the communication system, conveying the first video traffic in the communication system in accordance with the first rate limit, and conveying first elastic traffic in the communication system based on the first rate limit. Other embodiments are…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DATA-AWARE COMPUTING AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333618
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data, the data including first data indicative of a first amount of resources available as part of a first network slice of a plurality of network slices of a communication network, analyzing the data to determine that at least a first portion of a service provisioned via the first network slice is to be reallocated to at least a second network slice of the plurality of slices, and reallocating, based on the analyzing,…

APPARTUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AN UPPER BOUND IN RESPECT OF A SPATIAL DOMAIN BEAM SELECTION

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333372
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first value corresponding to a constraint pertaining to a number of beams, conveying the first value to at least one communication device, and obtaining, based on the conveying, at least one report from the at least one communication device, wherein an at least a second value corresponding to a number of the beams referenced in the at least one report is less than or equal to the first value. Other embodiments are…

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTICAL ANTENNA TUNING

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240332805
A method includes determining an operating frequency of an antenna at a component of the antenna. The method includes determining, at the component of the antenna, a filter node of a plurality of filter nodes to activate to tune the antenna to the operating frequency. The method includes transmitting power to the filter node, wherein the power is transmitted via a first optical fiber. The method also includes sending a signal from the component to a light source. The activation of the…

BROWSER IN THE BROWSER ATTACK PROTECTION EMPLOYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240330444
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing an image of information displayed on a display screen of the device, identifying in the image a pop-up, the pop-up prompting entry of user credentials of a user for an authenticator website, the pop-up generating an authorization request from the device to the authenticator website, identifying in the image a network address for a target website, and communicating with the authenticator website at the network address…

THERMAL MITIGATION FOR AUTOMATED TESTING

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240320114
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device under test sending thermal reports to test equipment. The thermal reports may include one or more thermal metrics related to one or more thermal states of the device under test. Responsive to the thermal reports, the test equipment may perform thermal mitigation actions, including passive processes and/or active processes. Other embodiments are disclosed.

INTELLIGENT ANTENNA ADAPTIVE DIRECTED BEAMFORMING BASED ON TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240324002
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, assessing a priority of a particular user at a service area in a mobile communications network for a strong radio signal from a cell site of the mobile communications network, and providing the strong radio signal to a mobile device of the particular user according to the priority of the particular user, wherein the providing the strong radio signal comprises focusing an antenna beam of a beamforming antenna at the service area…

CELLULAR DEVICE GEOLOCATION BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE DATA

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240323650
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with…

INTERACTIVE AND DYNAMIC MAPPING ENGINE (IDME)

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240320564
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, among other things, may provide for an interactive dynamic mapping engine (IDME) for business intelligence, which may interactively obtain information for user devices from sources and schema unknown to the user devices.