At+t Corp.

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

Google Inc.

Lucent Technologies Inc.

At&t Middletown

Mark Jeffrey Foladare

Shelley Betty Goldman

Roy Philip Weber

David Phillip Silverman

Yihsiu Chen

Robert S Westrich

Shaoqing Q Wang

Thaddeus Julius Kowalski

Aleksandr Zelezniak

Kathleen C Fowler

Eric Cheung

Samuel Glazer

Nancy S Murray

James Christopher Ramming

Robert M Higgins

Richard Lynn Bennett

Steven Alan Siegel

Srinivas Bala

Reuben Klein

Frederick Murray Burg

Paul Gausman

Dean Bragg

John Ng

Yao-Chung Tsao

Tung-Hai Hsiao

Karen Mullis

Norman Loren Schryer

Peter Kapsales

Gilbert McGrath

Shelly B Goldman

Steven Brown

Thomas Joseph Killian

David Hilton Shur

Kermit Hal Purdy

Larry A Russell

David Chen

Kevin Stone

Shawn Jean

Joan Madden

Deborah M Bloom

Gaurav Bhaya

Gary J Grimes

Kin K Leung

Randy Glen Goldberg

Robert Stets

Jon Louis Bentley

Hosagrahar Visvesvaraya Jagadish

Gerald Michael Karam

Albert Friedes

Yzhak Ronen

Jerry Eisdorfer

David Feng-Lin Chen

Amir M Mane

Gabriel Gary Schlanger

Allen Eisdorfer

Steve Fisher

Dominick Gorini

Lyndon M Pan

Philippe Jakimowicz

Aslam Y Khan

Mohsen Soroushnejad

Walter Sturm

Steven Howard Goldman

Marie M Juliano

Susanne Watson Moroses

Gary Joe Grimes

Susanne Moroses

A network functions virtualization (NFV) network can be configured to operate according to NFV protocols that decouple software functionality from specific hardware elements. A referent system can be provided that identifies a precise physical location of devices associated with the NFV network relative to other equipment or devices associated with the NFV network.

Referent system for devices of an NFV network

Disclosed are systems and methods for adjusting the frequency of data transmissions in a voice activated data packet based environment. A pooling component can generate first and second action data structures into a pooled data structure, and can transmit the pooled data structure to a service provider computing device to cause it device to perform an operation defined by the pooled data structure. Based on characteristics of the client devices, the system can select transmission rates for the transmission of operations associated with the pooled data structure to each of the client devices.

System and method of data transmission rate adjustment

A request to instantiate a first service is received. The first service is subject to policy constraints including a location. It is determined that a first set of resources at the location is required for instantiation of the first service. The first set of resources is reallocated to the first service from a second service. The first service is instantiated at the location utilizing the first set of resources reallocated.

System and method for instantiation of services at a location based on a policy

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that determines an identity of a subscriber of a media service. A viewing criterion of the subscriber is determined and a media content item is identified based on the viewing criterion of the subscriber. The media content item is provided for delivery to a media processing device without first requiring a request for delivery of the media content item. The media processing device is identified by a network service provider based on a selection of the media processing device from among a number of devices of the subscriber that are registered with the network service provider. The selection of the media processing device is based on device capabilities and the identity of the subscriber. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Subscription-based media push service

Information is presented over a communications network. The presence of a party on a device is detected in real time. Identity of the party is confirmed based on detecting the presence of the party on the device in real time. Information to offer to the party is identified based on confirming identity of the party. A communication is pushed to the party on the device as a push communication in real time while the party is still present on the device. The information is offered in the push communication while the party is still present on the device.

Presence-based communications

A communication system including a communication network, an entertainment device connected to the communication network, and an application server connected to the communication network. The entertainment device has a software client adapted to provide real time two-way communication between the entertainment device and a telephony device connected to the communication network. The application server is adapted to communicate with the software client and facilitate the real time two-way communication between the entertainment device and the telephony device.

Integration of home entertainment devices with a software client for telephony

A method and apparatus is presented for enabling an agent to assume the identity or persona of a called party and process calls directed to the called party. In one embodiment, methods, which enable an agent to assume the identity or persona of a called party, and process calls directed to the called party are considered a call center functions and may be implemented in a call center. A call is initiated to a called party. Initiating the call generates called party information. Using the called party information a server retrieves information associated with the called party and then forward the information associated with the called party to an agent. The call is then forwarded to the agent. As a result, the agent may use the information associated with the called party to assume the identity or persona of the called party when responding to the call.

Method and apparatus for network-intelligence-determined identity or persona

A method for providing communication control functionality at a remotely located site using a distributed feature architecture which provides communication features and data records to an Enhanced Network User (ENU). The ENU connects to a Distributed Feature Network (DFN) in order to gain access to communications features contained in the DFN. Based on the type of communication requested, one or more feature boxes are created in order to implement the requested communication.

Method and system for providing communication control functionality at a remotely located site using a distributed feature architecture

A persona determination approach can be utilized to apply digital personas across multiple communications domains. A service gateway can determine whether to transfer a request for communications services to a Persona Determination Mechanism (PDM). The PDM can select a digital persona based on available information and transmit the digital persona to the service gateway. The service gateway can process the communications services based on the selected digital persona or based on the determination not to transfer the request. In some methods, the service gateway can forward the processed request to one or more network elements for further processing. Related systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for selecting and implementing digital personas across applications and services

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East Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Mark Jeffrey Foladare