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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Ernest Bayha, Jackson, NJ (US);
Aaron Harris, Lenexa, KS (US);
Brian Horen, Littleton, CO (US);
Nathan Skinner, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Enhsing Lin, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Theresa Michael, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
David Whitney, Cumming, GA (US);
Jeff Johnson, Helotes, TX (US);
Laurie Mitsanas, Concord, CA (US);
Michael O'connor, Lakeville, MN (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a database being maintained that has information indicating states of network resources, which can be determined based on physical activities, logical activities and hybrid activities performed on or by the network resources; obtaining activity information for a particular network resource, where the activity information is a physical activity, a logical activity and/or a hybrid activity; and determining whether a state change for the particular network resource should be made such as to whether the activity information corresponds to and warrants change to at least one of an inventory state, an operational state, or a detailed state. Other embodiments are disclosed.