AT&T Patent Applications

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240107382
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a processing system including a processor, that a first resource of a first radio access network is accommodating load in an amount less than a first threshold, resulting in a first determination, determining, by the processing system, that a signal strength of a signal emitted by the first resource is greater than a second threshold, resulting in a second determination, and based on the first determination and…

INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SWITCH BETWEEN NETWORKS

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240107359
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, selecting a latency comparison, a throughput comparison, a security comparison, a reliability comparison, movement information or a combination thereof for an end user device executing a communication service according to a service type resulting in a selection criteria, wherein the comparisons are evaluations of each of different available connections; and generating a switching decision by selecting one of the connections.…

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK AT A VENUE

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240107343
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including collecting performance data associated with a communication network operating at a venue, providing the performance data for the communication network to a performance map graphical user interface, where the performance map graphical interface presents a plurality of discrete polygons and a plurality of graphical keys, and where the plurality of graphical keys are superimposed onto the plurality of polygons…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO DETERMINE MOST RECENTLY USED MESSAGING APPLICATION FOR DELIVERY OF MESSAGE(S)

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240106773
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a communication network, a first message utilizing a first messaging application from a first communication device associated with a first user and identifying a recipient of the first message as a second user associated with a second communication device. Further embodiments can include determining that the second user utilizes a second message application to exchange a first group of messages via the second…

NEXT GENERATION WIRELINE WIRELESS AUTOMATION FOR TESTING AND VALIDATION OF NETWORK FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240106731
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that one or more tests are to be executed for a core network of a telecommunications system, based on the determining, transmitting one or more test initiation commands to a set of user equipment (UEs) of a plurality of UEs communicatively coupled to the core network, wherein the one or more test initiation commands cause the set of UEs to execute the one or more tests, obtaining, from the set of UEs, results…

Providing and Using a User Login Protection Service

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240106652
Providing and using a user login protection service can include detecting, during a login creation process, input that indicates that a computing device has opted-in for protection for a login being created. During the login creation process, the login can be stored at a first data storage location, the login including an address that identifies a location of a distributed ledger and a password, and a reset password at a second data storage location comprising a secure data storage…

Creating Scent Models and Using Scent Models in Cross-Reality Environments

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240104858
Creating scent models and using scent models in cross-reality environments can include capturing experience data identifying a scent detected and a context in which the scent was detected. The experience data can be provided to a scent modeling service to generate a scent model that can represent perceived scents and perceived scent intensities for a user. The scent model can be used to generate cross-reality session data to be used in a cross-reality session presented by a cross-reality…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE ACCOUNT, BILLING AND QOS SLA FOR OTT COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098119
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, executing an OTT application; and providing an API that enables the OTT application to connect with a native SIP stack of the device, where the OTT application negotiates with a network server for one or more QoS parameters for a communication service provided via the OTT application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORK SELECTION

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098552
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 authenticating a mobile device; receiving a query from the mobile device for a bearer selection from a plurality of bearers; receiving network parameters associated with each bearer in the plurality of bearers; identifying a selected…

APPLICATION CAPABILITY DISCOVERY AND ESTABLISHMENT ON A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098120
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating prioritized lists of OTT applications for end user devices, exchanging or otherwise providing the prioritized list(s) to enable analysis and comparison resulting in a selection of an OTT application, and establishing a communication service via the selected OTT application between the end user devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

DYNAMIC SHARED RISK LINK GROUP (SRLG) COMPRESSION

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240098017
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a set of SRLGs associated with a set of link bundles, wherein the set of SRLGs comprises for each SRLG in the set of SRLGs an indication for each failed link bundle in a particular SRLG a respective bandwidth failure fraction, and wherein for at least one of the failed link bundles the failure is less than a complete failure; generating a set of dominance relationships among the SRLGs in the set of SRLGs, and…

CHANGE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240097976
A framework referred to as COmposition fRamework for chaNge management (CORNET) may integrate re-usable abstraction, modular composition with plug-and-play capabilities, or automated translation of high-level change management intent into low-level implementations and mathematical models. CORNET may use real-world data collected from cellular networks (e.g., 4G or 5G) and virtualized services, such as virtual private networks (VPN) and software defined wide area networks (SDWAN) running…

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING AND AMPLIFYING HIGHER POWER COMMUNICATION SIGNALS

Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number: 20240097652
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, splitting, by one or more first hybrid couplers, an RF signal obtained from a transmitter or an antenna into a group of RF signals; filtering, by a plurality of SAW filters, the group of RF signals resulting in a group of filtered RF signals; combining, by one or more second hybrid couplers, the group of filtered RF signals into a filtered RF signal; and providing the filtered RF signal to an antenna or a receiver. Other…

METAVERSE STREAMING FOR INTEGRATED GAMING WITH AR/VR/MR AND OTHER SERVICES

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240082709
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring bandwidth availability on a network for a streaming video session; calculating, responsive to a decrease in the bandwidth availability preventing delivery of a whole video frame to a client device at a predefined resolution, a high focus area and a low focus area of the video frame, where the high focus area includes less than a full frame area of the video frame; and delivering the video frame to the client device,…

NETWORK SERVICE FUNCTIONS API

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240089348
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, specification of network service functions (e.g., a firewall or network address translation appliance) to be included in a service function path. Routers in a communication network may publish information regarding reachable network service functions and an API may be exposed that provides the information regarding the reachable network service functions. Other embodiments are disclosed.

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK MONITORING

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240089237
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a group of coefficients for a digital filter, and configuring the digital filter according to the group of coefficients. Further embodiments can include processing a group of statistics associated with a first data flow utilizing the digital filter, and determining a first statistic from the group of statistics does not satisfy a statistical threshold resulting in a first determination. Other embodiments are…

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK ENABLED SLICING AS A SERVICE UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240089218
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving workload requests for tenant devices providing services to user devices; partitioning node resources to facilitate network slicing in a software defined network to provide the services; determining that the workload requests exceed available resources of the node; and outsourcing a portion of a load to one or more neighboring nodes, where the outsourcing is performed in coordination with a regional orchestrator and a…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING NETWORK AND SYSTEM RESILIENCY AND IMPACT COORDINATION

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240089166
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data pertaining to an outage in a first portion of a communications system, obtaining second data pertaining to a relationship between the first portion of the communications system and a second portion of the communications system, analyzing the first data the second data to identify a risk to communication services facilitated by the second portion of the communications system, determining that the risk is…

Enabling Machine-to-Machine Communication for Digital Assistants

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240087563
Enabling machine-to-machine communication for digital assistants can include initiating a call with a called device, generating audio stream data having a first instance of audio and a first spoken command, which can be provided to the called device. A second instance of audio stream data can be received from the called device, can include a second spoken command, and can be analyzed to determine if it includes assistant signature data. If the second instance of audio stream data…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AN INVERSE RAY TRACING TO DETERMINE PROPERTIES OF SIGNALS AND SERVICES

Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240087212
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first location of an antenna, causing a first ray to be emitted from a second location that is different from the first location, generating reflected surfaces from surfaces that the first ray reflects from, generating a reflected first location of the first location using the surfaces that the first ray reflects from, identifying, based on the reflected first location, potential locations along the surfaces that…