AT&T Patent Applications

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…

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,…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF VIDEO AND ENTERTAINMENT SESSIONS IN PACKET DATA NETWORKS

Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240080511
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a plurality uplink data packets on a network, the plurality of uplink data packets conveying application protocol messages from an application on a mobile device to an application server providing a service to the application on the mobile device over the network; providing data packets of the plurality uplink data packets to a machine learning model, the machine learning model trained to identify respective…

MANAGEMENT OF ROUTING INFORMATION IN A CARRIER-GRADE ROUTER

Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240080278
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method of receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of routes in a network through a routing device having a fabric, a first set of distributed chassis packet forwarders (DCPs) that support external service interfaces and a second set of DCPs; storing, by the processing system, the plurality of routes in a forwarding information base (FIB); determining, by the processing system, a third set of routes…

SCALABLE CORE AND EDGE NETWORK ROUTER

Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240080258
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a routing device in a network, the routing device including an ingress/egress linecard; another linecard; a fabric; 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 maintaining a forwarding information base (FIB) for routes through the routing device; moving low-volume routes of the FIB to the another…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240078457
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing, by a global node, a model to a group of nodes of a network, the model being associated with determining a configuration of the network for qubits; receiving, by the global node from one or more nodes of the group of nodes, updated model parameters, wherein the updated model parameters are generated by each of the one or more nodes via training of a local model utilizing the model and local data accessible to the…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING TRANSPARENT AND PRIVATE UNIVERSAL NUMBERS

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240073653
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device of a first party, 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 storing a first connection link for a call from the first party to a called party; receiving a request for contact information of the called party from a third-party device; and sending a copy of the first connection…

Private Home PLMN in UICC

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240073846
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device that includes a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) identifier and a private home public land mobile network (PHPLMN) identifier. The mobile device prioritizes attaching to a radio access network (RAN) of the PHPLMN. The PHLMN and PHPLMN identifiers may be provided as part of an over-the-air (OTA) update. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Seamless Personal Hotspot Connectivity Via Personal Hotspot Tokens

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240073689
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for seamless personal hotspot connectivity via personal hotspot tokens. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a personal hotspot-enabled device can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store instructions of an operating system and a personal hotspot application. The personal hotspot-enabled device can receive a personal hotspot token. The personal hotspot application can recognize, via a short-range communication component, a…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS AND PROVISIONING POWER IN CONJUNCTION WITH PHASES OF UTILITY OPERATOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240073567
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems, devices, components, and methods for providing first data to a first waveguide device via a first medium of a first assembly, wherein the first waveguide device incorporates the first data as part of a first electromagnetic wave that is guided by, and propagates along, a first transmission medium coupled to the first waveguide device without requiring an electrical return path, and providing the first data, second data,…

SYSTEM AND METHOD ADAPTED TO SIMPLIFY USER EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS DURING TRAVEL

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240073155
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a personalized cloud service requirement based on a user identity and proximity to a first location. A first edge network is configured based on the personalized cloud service requirement and the first location, and the user is provided with access to a personalized cloud service via the configured first edge network according to their proximity to the first location. A second, different location is determined, and a…

Providing and Using a Monitoring Service

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240071189
Providing and using a monitoring service can include detecting a monitoring trigger that indicates that monitoring of a user device is to be initiated. A time period associated with the monitoring can be identified. The monitoring of the user device can be triggered, where the monitoring can include obtaining video associated with the user device that is streamed to an edge device, wherein the video can be analyzed to determine if a threat is detected. If a determination is made that the…

Anticipatory Supply Chain Coordination With Connected Vehicle Fleet and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrations

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240070602
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed anticipatory supply chain coordination with connected vehicle fleet and unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) integrations. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an energy provider system can obtain connected vehicle information from a connected vehicle. The connected vehicle information can include a vehicle identifier that uniquely identifies the connected vehicle, an energy capacity remaining for the connected vehicle, and a…

Providing and Using an Activity Logging Service

Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240069986
Providing and using an activity logging service can include registering an activity logging service with a hash ledger storage service that can store a hash ledger that represents an activity log for an entity, and registering an observer device with the activity logging service. The observer device can provide event data to the activity logging service, and the event data can describe an event associated with the entity. The event data can be obtained from the observer device and a…

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING HUB LOCATION ESTIMATIONS USING CLOUD SOURCED DATA

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064690
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a dataset, the dataset including first data pertaining to geographical information associated with a plurality of entities, separating the dataset into a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset of the plurality of subsets corresponds to at least one attribute of a plurality of different attributes, ordering the plurality of subsets in accordance with respective parameter values associated with each of the subsets,…

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES TO UTILIZE A MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATION TO IDENTIFY MEETING LOCATIONS BASED ON LOCATIONS OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064490
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a group of users are participating in a communication session. Each user of the group of users are participating in the communication session with a communication device resulting in a group of communication devices. Further embodiments include receiving a request for a first meeting location for the group of users to meet, and identifying a device location for each of the group of communication devices resulting in…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEMAND CLOUD INTERFACES MONITORING

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240064076
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a processing system; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: receiving first user input indicative of a first set of data that will be requested from a first network function; receiving second user input indicative of a second set of data that will be requested from a second network…

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING SAFE OPERATION OF POWER GRIDS

Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240062082
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 including: receiving input parameters and an output decision of a control device from one or more passive nodes; identifying first information stored in a big data store based on the input parameters and a type of the control device;…

DWDM PATH OUTAGE PREDICTION AND ALTERNATIVE PATH RECOMMENDATION

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240056180
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, predicting dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) path outage prediction and recommendation of alternate communication paths. Parameterized DWDM signals are launched, and resulting network characteristics are determined. The parameters and characteristics are used to train one or more machine learning models subsequently used to predict outages and recommend alternate paths. Other embodiments are disclosed.