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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2024
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Paul Edward Smith, Jr., Heath, TX (US);
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a user selection relating to a course, transmitting a request to a controller in a vehicle for information regarding capabilities of available devices onboard the vehicle, wherein the available devices include uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), based on the transmitting, obtaining, from the controller, the information regarding the capabilities, responsive to the obtaining, sending a command to the controller to facilitate deployment of one or more of the UAVs to collect data for the course, and after the sending, receiving the data from the controller and incorporating the data into the course for delivery to one or more users onboard the vehicle. Other embodiments are disclosed.