The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert Ralph Zaruba, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mark Davis Holland, Arlington, VA (US);
T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
The technology described herein allows a user to bring phone functionality into a virtual world without disrupting the virtual world experience. For example, the technology described herein enables the user to make and receive calls while in the virtual world, access their contacts, and recent call information. The user may also send and receive text communications. This functionality may be enabled by a phone-sharing application running on a Head Mounted Device ('HMD') interfacing with the wireless telecommunication network that provides service to the user's telephone (e.g., smartphone). The phone-sharing application can communicate with the telecommunication network to provide notice that the user is actively using the HMD (e.g., in a virtual world). Upon receiving the notice, the telecommunication network can associate the user's telephone number with the HMD to cause communications to be routed to the HMD.