AT&T Intellectual Property is recognized as having one of the strongest patent portfolios in the industry. Our culture of continuous innovation ensures an ongoing stream of patent grants for leading edge technologies. Our portfolio is comprised of more than 10,000 issued patents that cover a broad array of technology areas which go far beyond today's telecommunications business. Several of our key patent technology areas include:

·        Communications and Entertainment: Advertising, Content management, CRM

·        Customer Experience: E-commerce, Social and Collaboration

·        Cloud Computing and Applications: Big Data, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, AI/ML, Virtualization

·        Wireless Applications and Technologies: LTE, Mobile location, Sensors, UAV, 5G

·        Mobile Applications and Content Delivery:  Cross-platform operations, Multi-media, Payments

·        Networking and Data Transmission: Network Security, Optical Communications