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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:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US);

Paul Edward Smith, Jr., Heath, TX (US);

Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G05D 105/80 (2024.01); G05D 107/00 (2024.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G05D 2105/80 (2024.01); G05D 2107/95 (2024.01); G16Y 20/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/40 (2020.01);
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.


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