AT&T Patent Grants

API driven subscriber IMS registration status changes and IMS routing steering

Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number: 12127149
A method for discerning single registration subscribers and dual registration subscribers, and routes single registration traffic as internal and routes dual registration traffic as external.

Providing and using a user login protection service

Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number: 12126724
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…

Home data management

Granted: October 22, 2024
Patent Number: 12124597
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes receiving user input to configure a secure storage unit (SSU) having a first portion attached to a network and storing encrypted data, a second portion attached to the network and storing unencrypted data, and a third portion attachable to the network. The user input defines a security level for each portion. The method also includes receiving a data object for storage in the SSU, and determining a data…

Generating downlink sector beams based on uplink channel estimates utilizing a base band unit pool for modular massive multiple-input multiple-output arrays

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120052
A system includes a base band unit pooling component that determines, via a base band unit pool of base station devices, respective uplink channel estimates of an uplink channel wirelessly coupling, using frequency division duplexing via respective modular antenna elements, a user equipment to the base band unit pool. A downlink channel estimation component of the system derives, based on the respective uplink channel estimates, a downlink channel estimate of a downlink channel…

Synchronization of artificial intelligence based microservices

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120776
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network-related information associated with a first RAN that includes a first RIC, obtaining, from an artificial intelligence (AI) model synchronization system associated with a second RAN, data relating to an AI model deployed by a second RIC of the second RAN, determining, based on the data relating to the AI model and the network-related information associated with the first RAN, that the AI model can be leveraged…

User equipment geolocation using a history of network information

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120628
The described technology is generally directed towards user equipment (UE) geolocation using a long history of network information. In some examples, a long history of network information associated with a UE can be processed to identify frequently repeated serving cell and correlated timing advance values. The frequently repeated serving cell and correlated timing advance values are indicative of frequently visited places. Next, the long history can be leveraged to determine locations…

Location-based communication using wireless device

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120577
Location-based communication using a wireless device (e.g., a mobile device) is enabled. For example, a system can comprise: a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: based on a first network connection of a node of a retail location to network equipment enabling network service for the retail location, determining a first location of the node, based on a second network connection…

Method and apparatus for providing media resources in a communication network

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120155
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing a request associated with a call session to a server, wherein the request includes capability information associated with user equipment. A codec is identified according to the capability information to obtain an identified codec, which facilitates media service to the user equipment. The media service is accessed from a media resource function, which in turn, is accessed by the server responsive to the identified…

System and method for providing wearable authentication and management

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120111
A system for wearable authentication and management is disclosed. In particular, the system may include identifying and authenticating a user through biometric data or movement signatures specific to the wearer of a wearable device. Once the user and wearable device are authenticated, the system may activate and provision connectivity services for the wearable device, associate the device with a device ecosystem of the user, and push predefined settings to the wearable device.…

Conversational message spam detection

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12120080
A processing system may identify a plurality of message contents within a plurality of reported messages, where each is reported as an unwanted message, determine, for each message content, a respective count comprising a number of occurrences the message content within the plurality of reported messages, identify a set of message contents within the plurality of message contents for which associated counts of the plurality of counts exceeds a first threshold, identify a source phone…

Advertising for a user device in a standby mode

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12118587
A method includes making a determination at a user device to transition the user device to a standby mode. The method includes sending a message from the user device to a server of a service provider in response to the determination, where the service provider provides a service to the user device. The method includes receiving, in response to the message, a content stream at the user device. The method includes sending video content generated from the content stream to a display device…

Multi-modal network-based assertion verification

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12118306
A processing system may obtain first content including human language via a computing network. The processing system may next identify an assertion in the first content and identify one or more content sources containing second content relating to the assertion. The processing system may then determine whether the second content relating to the assertion corroborates or contradicts the assertion, and may present the first content with an indication of whether the second content…

Methods, systems, and devices for managing avatars across different software applications

Granted: October 15, 2024
Patent Number: 12118193
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request from a communication device associated with a user to present a group of avatars on a user interface of an avatar management software application on the communication device. Each of the group of avatars are associated with a software application resulting in a group of software applications. Further embodiments include receiving a group of credentials associated with the group of software applications…

Facilitating a geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks

Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number: 12114381
Facilitating geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a first communication link between a first network device and group of devices connected via a private network connection. The method also can comprise establishing, by the system, a second communication link between the first network…

Coordinated cellular network attack detection and mitigation

Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number: 12113827
The described technology is generally directed towards coordinated cellular network attack detection and mitigation. A security function deployed at a network node can monitor network traffic conditions for anomalous behavior indicative of a coordinated attack. In response to detecting the anomalous behavior, the security function can respond with any of several different attack mitigation procedures, in order to protect the network from the coordinated attack. Furthermore, the security…

Method and system for managing service quality according to network status predictions

Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number: 12113716
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining predicted available bandwidths for an end user device, monitoring buffer occupancy of a buffer of the end user device, determining bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy, and adjusting bit rates for portions of media content according to the predicted available bandwidths and according to the buffer occupancy during streaming of the…

Facilitating selection of demodulation reference signal ports in advanced networks

Granted: October 8, 2024
Patent Number: 12113656
Facilitating selection of demodulation reference signal port combinations in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise evaluating a capability of a mobile device. The operations can also comprise assigning a first group of port combinations for the mobile device based on the capability of the mobile device being a first capability and a second group of port combinations for the mobile device based on the capability of the…

Policy definition and enforcement for extended reality media sessions

Granted: October 1, 2024
Patent Number: 12106397
An example method performed by a processing system includes receiving a request from a first user to render an extended reality environment, wherein the request includes a definition of a first policy that governs user behavior within the extended reality environment, rendering the extended reality environment by presenting content contributed by at least one user in the extended reality environment, monitoring the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a…

System and method for network distribution of quantum entanglement

Granted: October 1, 2024
Patent Number: 12107635
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to facilitate communications between first and second processing nodes, determining that the communications are to be established via quantum teleportation between, and identifying a network path comprising a first path segment to obtain a quantum channel, wherein quantum entanglement is established between the first and second processing nodes based on transportation of a first quantum entangled object via…

Securable computer data cables and ports

Granted: October 1, 2024
Patent Number: 12107361
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a female port configured to receive a data connector, the data connector comprising a surface with a first opening; a first movable member disposed within the female port, the first movable member being configured such that as the data connector is moved into the female port a first portion of the first movable member enters into the first opening; and a first blocking member disposed within the female port,…