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Granted Patent B2
US 12,207,159 · App. 17/734,632 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Quantum artificial intelligence positioning system in a next generation public safety network

Inventors: Thomas J. Routt (Sequim, WA); Mark Stockert (San Antonio, TX)
Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
H04W4/029G06N10/20G06N10/60
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Patent No.
US 12,207,159
App. No.
17/734,632
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving a smart contract for tracking a position of a mobile device from a quantum blockchain; issuing a token uniquely identifying location data for the position of the mobile device; receiving location data including the token from the mobile device, wherein the position of the mobile device is determined by displacement from an initial position using a quantum accelerometer; verifying the location data using the token; and storing the location data in the quantum blockchain. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims (44)

1. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a smart contract for tracking a position of a mobile device from a quantum blockchain;

issuing a token uniquely identifying location data for the position of the mobile device;

receiving location data including the token from the mobile device, wherein the position of the mobile device is determined by displacement from an initial position using a quantum accelerometer;

verifying the location data using the token; and

storing the location data in the quantum blockchain.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: fixing the initial position of the mobile device.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the initial position is determined by downlink time difference of arrival, uplink time difference of arrival, downlink angle of departure, uplink angle of departure, multi-cell round trip time, enhanced cell ID, downlink reference signal reference power, downlink reference signal time difference, global positioning system, quantum positioning system, or a combination thereof.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the location data comprises: environmental data, climate data, photo/video data, transportation data, human mobility data, social data, or a combination thereof.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the location data comprises latitude, longitude and height above terrain.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the location data comprises pitch, yaw and rotation.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the location data is compatible with tracking the mobile device in a Space-Air-Ground-Integrated-Network (SAGIN) environment.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving updated location data from the mobile device, verifying the updated location data using the token; and storing the updated location data in the quantum blockchain.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the updated location data comprises a new position for the mobile device, wherein the new position is determined by the quantum accelerometer.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the device comprises a quantum clock and wherein the operations further comprise synchronizing the quantum clock with a reference clock.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the quantum clock is synchronized with the reference clock by quantum entanglement.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.

13. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a smart contract for tracking a position of a mobile device from a quantum blockchain;

issuing a token uniquely identifying location data for the position of the mobile device;

fixing an initial position of the mobile device;

receiving location data including the token from the mobile device, wherein the position of the mobile device is determined by displacement from the initial position using a quantum accelerometer;

verifying the location data using the token; and

storing the location data in the quantum blockchain.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the initial position is determined by downlink time difference of arrival, uplink time difference of arrival, downlink angle of departure, uplink angle of departure, multi-cell round trip time, enhanced cell ID, downlink reference signal reference power, downlink reference signal time difference, global positioning system, quantum positioning system, or a combination thereof.

15. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving updated location data from the mobile device;

verifying the updated location data using the token; and

storing the updated location data in the quantum blockchain.

16. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the location data comprises latitude, longitude and height above terrain.

17. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the location data comprises pitch, yaw and rotation.

18. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.

19. A method, comprising:

requesting, by a processing system including a processor, a smart contract for tracking a position of a mobile device from a quantum blockchain;

issuing, by the processing system, a token uniquely identifying location data for the position of the mobile device responsive to receiving the smart contract;

receiving, by the processing system, the location data including the token from the mobile device, wherein the position of the mobile device is determined by displacement from an initial position using a quantum accelerometer;

verifying, by the processing system, the location data using the token; and

storing, by the processing system, the location data in the quantum blockchain.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving, by the processing system, updated location data from the mobile device;

verifying, by the processing system, the updated location data using the token; and

storing, by the processing system, the updated location data in the quantum blockchain.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2022
From: STOCKERT, MARK
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 059879/0797 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2022
From: ROUTT, THOMAS J.
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 059879/0803 →
Continuity (1)
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