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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. 13, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher Baldwin, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);

Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);

Patrick Kenny, Barrington, IL (US);

Dolores J. Mallian, St. Charles, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/327 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first example device disclosed herein comprises memory including computer readable instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to access a group code and a group size from a second device, the group code to identify a group of devices to be included in a stream splitting session to distribute communication of a data stream, the group size to specify a number of devices included in the group of devices, the group of devices including the first device and the second device. The processor is also to initiate transmission of a request including the group code and the group size to a distribution system to establish the stream splitting session. The processor is further to forward a first portion of the data stream from the distribution system to the second device for aggregation with a second portion of the data stream at the second device.


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