At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

Other

Susan Feit

Robert Sayko

Douglas M Nortz

Mark W Altom

John H Zink

Jordan M Roderick

Roderick D Nelson

David J Segelstein

A method includes obtaining subscriber attributes from a subscriber, encoding the subscriber attributes into an internet protocol (IP) address, and assigning the encoded IP protocol address to the subscriber. The encoded IP address with attributes specific to the subscriber may then be used to provide customized and enhanced services to the subscriber and provide more efficient operations for the service provider.

System and method for creating intelligent IP addresses

A system for providing multicast distribution of incrementally enhanced content is disclosed. The system may include encoding content by utilizing an incremental layer encoding algorithm to generate a low resolution base stream for content and one or more incremental streams for the content. The incremental streams may each have higher resolutions than the base stream. The system may provide the base streams and one or more of the incremental streams to a client device based on available bandwidth and based on the capabilities of the client device. Each of the streams of content may be provided to the client device by having the client device connect to one or more multicast sessions. As the streams are accessed by the client device, the client device may combine and decode the base streams, along with any accessed incremental streams, to obtain the content at an available resolution.

Multicast distribution of incrementally enhanced content

A telecommunication network processes a telephone call from a calling party to a called party. The called party uses a wireless telephone that is associated with an MSC and has a MIN. The telecommunication network, responsive to the calling party dialing the MIN, receives the MIN at an originating switch. The network then translates the MIN to an internal routing number and routes the telephone call to a terminating switch based on the internal routing number. The terminating switch is directly connected to the MSC. The network then translates the internal routing number back to the MIN and routes the telephone call to the MSC. After the call is completed, the billing of the called party is suppressed for at least some of the telephone call air time.

Calling party paid wireless telecommunication system

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Susan Feit