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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:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ken Liu, Edison, NJ (US);

Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);

Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);

Pamela A. M. Bogdan, Neptune, NJ (US);

Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);

Brandon Pimm, Manalapan, NJ (US);

Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);

David M. Britz, Rumson, NJ (US);

Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);

Dorothy Zarsky, Summit, NJ (US);

James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04B 5/0075 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by an unmanned aircraft including a processor, a control signal that causes the unmanned aircraft to fly in proximity to a transmission medium, where the unmanned aircraft includes a carrying system that releasably carries a communication device, and where a positioning of the communication device in proximity to the transmission medium enables the communication device to be physically connected on the transmission medium and enables the communication device to provide communications. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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