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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:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Paul Carver, Somerset, NJ (US);

Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

John Craig, Ocean Township, NJ (US);

Andrew Kell, Marietta, GA (US);

James Pratt, Round Rock, TX (US);

David Plunkett, Jr., Kennesaw, GA (US);

James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Gainesville, GA (US);

Michael Albrecht, Dallas, TX (US);

Michael L. Hunter, Trenton, NJ (US);

Virginia S. Ng, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G08G 5/25 (2025.01); G08G 5/32 (2025.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2013.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.02); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G08G 5/25 (2025.01); G08G 5/32 (2025.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for route planning and power management, obtaining information regarding the UAV, a present location of the UAV, a destination location for the UAV, or a combination thereof, determining, based on the information, a need for the UAV to recharge a power source of the UAV as part of a journey of the UAV from the present location of the UAV to the destination location for the UAV, responsive to the determining the need, identifying a recharging station associated with a network for recharging the power source of the UAV, and calculating a flight path for the UAV in accordance with the identifying the recharging station. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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