AT&T was granted a patent for smarter network service provisioning.

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  "company": {
    "name": "AT&T",
    "domain": "att.com"
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        "label": "Transmission of digital information"
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      "Wireless",
      "Network",
      "Communications"
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    "detail": "In October 2026 AT&T patented a controller for improving communication quality on mobile networks by selecting carrier aggregation and network slicing for connected devices.",
    "summary": "AT&T was granted a patent for smarter network service provisioning.",
    "event_at": "2026-10-27",
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    "tech_area": "networking / data transmission",
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    "grant_date": "2026-10-27",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12776999",
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    "patent_title": "Apparatuses and methods for enhancing quality of service and user experience via a controller function",
    "patent_number": "US12776999",
    "uspto_assignee": "AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.",
    "patent_abstract": "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a request for a communication service from a user equipment, based on the obtaining of the request, determining that a provisioning of the communication service is eligible to utilize carrier aggregation, network slicing, or a combination thereof, in accordance with a simulation, resulting in a first determination, and based on the first determination, provisioning, the communication service to the user equipment via the carrier aggregation, the network slicing, or the combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A controller simulates available network options and automatically chooses whether to combine carriers or reserve a network slice when providing service to a device.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"att.com","limit":20}'