公开(公告)号：US11159927B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16673780

申请日：2019-11-04

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  James Hamilton ,  Stephen Emille Chin ,  Jason Sikes

IPC: H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W60/02 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting an expiration of a subscription associated with a communication device, wherein the subscription is for services of a mobile network, and enabling an interim profile that provides the communication device with limited connectivity over the mobile network, wherein the limited connectivity facilitates communication with a subscription manager node of the mobile network. Various embodiments can include communicating with the subscription manager node to establish an active subscription for services of the mobile network and enabling an operational profile comprising subscription information associated with the active subscription. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210184939A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17189238

申请日：2021-03-01

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Reuben Klein

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F8/36

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a custom service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor determines that the custom service does not exist, receives one or more desired functions for the custom service, creates the custom service having the one or more desired functions and modifies one or more network elements within the communication network to perform the one or more desired functions to deploy the custom service.

公开(公告)号：US11029994B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16734536

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Frank Cariello ,  Reuben Klein ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

公开(公告)号：US11005855B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16450535

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Stephen Emille Chin

IPC: G06F21/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/45

Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, receive secret information and non-secret information from a secure download application function, provide a request for a first verification to a secure element where the first verification is associated with access to content and/or an application that is accessible via the secure download application function, receive the first verification which is generated by the secure element based on the secret information without providing the secret information to the secure device processor, receive the non-secret information from the secure element, and generate a second verification for the access based on the non-secret information, where the content and/or application is accessible from the secure download application function responsive to the first and second verifications. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210120388A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US17078913

申请日：2020-10-23

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  James Hamilton ,  Jason Sikes ,  Stephen Emille Chin

IPC: H04W4/50 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W4/60 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first bootstrap profile on a first communication device, and detecting a second bootstrap profile on a second communication device. Further aspects can include determining the first bootstrap profile and the second bootstrap profile are a same bootstrap profile, and providing limited services to the second communication device according to the first communication device and the second communication device having the same bootstrap profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10986484B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16417157

申请日：2019-05-20

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. ,  AT&T MOBILITY II LLC

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Stephen Emille Chin

IPC: H04W8/04 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that receives a notification, from an identity proxy function, indicating an identity mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is being registered. That is, a communication device sends a registration request that includes the IMSI to a first registration function. Further, the identity proxy function intercepts the registration request and sends the first notification to the device. Also, the system, sends a first registration message to the first registration function. The first registration function includes a first registry. Further, the first registration message indicates to the first registration function to add the IMSI to the first registry. The system also sends a second registration message to a second registration function. The second registration function includes a second registry. Further, the second registration message indicates to the second registration function to remove the IMSI to the first registry. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10938665B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US14970471

申请日：2015-12-15

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Reuben Klein

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F8/36

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a custom service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor determines that the custom service does not exist, receives one or more desired functions for the custom service, creates the custom service having the one or more desired functions and modifies one or more network elements within the communication network to perform the one or more desired functions to deploy the custom service.

公开(公告)号：US10834574B1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US16673391

申请日：2019-11-04

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Jason Sikes ,  James Hamilton ,  Stephen Emille Chin ,  Walter Cooper Chastain

IPC: H04W8/20 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W8/00

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, establishing a wireless data link via a wireless local area network, and obtaining, via the wireless data link, an interim profile supporting communication with a mobile network. Various embodiments can include enabling the interim profile to establish limited connectivity facilitating communication with a subscription manager node of the mobile network. Some embodiments can include communicating with the subscription manager node to establish an active subscription for services of the mobile network. Various embodiments can include enabling an operational profile comprising subscription information associated with the active subscription. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10735958B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16110378

申请日：2018-08-23

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Stephen Emille Chin

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/30 ,  G06F21/44 ,  G06F21/72 ,  G06F21/77 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W4/70

Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, instructions which when executed cause a device processor to perform operations comprising sending a service request to a remote management server; receiving from the management server an authentication management function and an encryption key generator for execution by a secure element and an encryption engine for execution by a secure device processor, sending a request to establish a communication session with a remote device; and communicating with the remote device via a channel established using an application server. The secure element and the secure device processor authenticate each other using a mutual authentication keyset. The secure element, the secure device processor and the device processor each have a security level associated therewith; the security level associated with the secure device processor is intermediate between that of the secure element and that of the device processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20200187143A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16792685

申请日：2020-02-17

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. ,  AT&T Mobility II LLC

Inventor： Clifton Ashman Campbell ,  Stephen Emille Chin ,  Walter Cooper Chastain

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04W8/04

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling reuse of such information by a different communication device and/or re-authorizing use by a communication device that previously was authorized to utilize the information. Other embodiments are disclosed.