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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Warnermedia, New York, NY (US);
Zhengyi Zhou, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Olivia Hong, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Sanjeev Misra, Somerset, NJ (US);
Deirdre Paul, Morristown, NJ (US);
Appavu Siva Prakasam, New Providence, NJ (US);
Rakhi Seth-Forrest, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ann Eileen Skudlark, San Ramon, CA (US);
Christopher Volinsky, Morristown, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
WarnerMedia, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system or method that collects or otherwise accesses information indicating connection patterns such as IP addresses being utilized by communication devices for communication services over a time period, where the communication devices use a same credential of a single account for accessing the communication services. Hubs can be identified according to groups of the communication devices that exhibit a particular sharing pattern such as having used the one or more common IP addresses. A prediction or estimation that the single account is engaging in sharing activity can be made based on an analysis of the hubs, such as based on a number of the hubs. Other embodiments are disclosed.