At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

At&t Mobility Ii LLC

At&t Digital Life, Inc.

Jing Wu

Zhi Cui

Bo Lee

John Tatum Dyal

Shankaran Narayanan

Geographic proximity and network congestion are used to determine efficient routing of data in networks. If two devices are geographically close, then device-to-device communication may be possible. Data may thus be routed using device-to-device communication, which avoids consuming bandwidth in wide area networks and in cellular networks.

Optimized routing in connected environments

Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to real-time video delivery for connected home ('CH') applications. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies, a CH controller ('CHC') can receive a request for delivery of a video stream captured by a CH video camera to a user device. The CHC can determine availability of a wireline communications link to a wireline network and availability of a wireless communications link to a wireless network over which to deliver the video stream to the user device. In response to determining that the wireline communications link and the wireless communications link are available, the CHC can obtain a wireline performance measurement for the wireline communications link, obtain a wireless performance measurement for the wireline communications link, compare the wireline performance measurement and the wireless performance measurement, and select either the wireline communications link or the wireless communications link based upon the comparison.

Real-time video delivery for connected home applications

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for state detection and voice guided setup for a video doorbell unit. A video doorbell unit that does not include a visual display can store prompt data that can be used to generate audio output to guide a user or other entity through a setup process using state detected by one or more state sensors of the video doorbell unit.

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Johns Creek, GA, United States of America

Jing Wu