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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:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicants:

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

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Sangar Dowlatkhah, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US);

Brian J. Keller, Milton, GA (US);

Assignees:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 36/12 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/0033 (2013.01); H04W 36/12 (2013.01); H04W 36/26 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02);
Abstract

Aspects include identifying an application executed by a communication device, identifying a first edge device capable of providing a first portion of a service in accordance with a first access technology and a second edge device capable of providing the first portion of the service in accordance with a second access technology that is different from the first access technology, selecting one of the first edge device or the second edge device as a first selected edge device, wherein the selecting is based on the identifying of the application, and establishing a communication session between the first selected edge device and the communication device in accordance with the access technology of the first selected edge device to facilitate a transfer of first data associated with the first portion of the service from the first selected edge device to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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