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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

May. 05, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Angelo Nicas, Blue Springs, MO (US);

Frank Robert Coppa, Kansas City, MO (US);

Larry Kennedy, Lawrence, KS (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 21/6437 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2381 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2381 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/6131 (2013.01); H04N 21/6437 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving a media stream at a media device and converting, at the media device, the media stream into data packets. The method includes initiating, with the media device, end-to-end connections between the media device and a receiving device via a plurality of cellular network and determining, at the media device, a quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method includes selecting, at the media device, a single cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks based on the quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method also includes transmitting the data packets from the media device via the single cellular network to the receiving device.


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