# US 10,484,846 B2 · Cloud-based device twinning > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,846 B2 - Document ID: US10484846B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/243,734 - Filed: 2019-01-09 - Published: 2019-05-16 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-11-07 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC - Applicants: AT&T Mobility II LLC; At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Edward G. Schmit; Jayanta Das - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484846B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/16: Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold - H04M 3/42272: {whereby the subscriber registers to the terminals for personalised service provision} - H04M 3/543: {Call deflection} - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A network-based service is utilized to facilitate twinning of two or more communication devices associated with a subscriber account. Incoming communication is intercepted by a communication device and forwarded to a network server, which in turn transmits the incoming communication to the multiple twinned devices. In addition, identifier data associated with outgoing communication is replaced with a primary identifier (e.g., customer telephone number (CTN)) of a user's primary device or a common identifier (e.g., a mobile one number (MON)) assigned to devices associated with the user's subscriber account. Communication devices can be temporarily twinned for a defined time period, during which a common bill can be generated for the twinned devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving configuration data that links a first smart device to a second smart device, wherein the first smart device and the second smart device are associated with a common subscriber account; based on the configuration data, facilitating a routing of communication data to the second smart device and the first smart device, wherein the communication data has been transmitted from a source device and is determined to be directed to the first smart device; and in response to the routing of the communication data to the second smart device and the first smart device, presenting notification data indicative of a notification via the first smart device and the second smart device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises association data that links a first identifier of the first smart device with a second identifier of the second smart device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: storing the configuration data within a network storage device of a communication network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the configuration data from a user device subsequent to verifying that the user device is authorized to configure the first smart device and the second smart device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises timing data that specifies a time period for which the first smart device is to be linked to the second smart device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises policy data that specifies a policy that is to be utilized to link the first smart device with the second smart device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the policy data is generated based on distance data representing a distance between the first smart device and the second smart device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the policy data is generated based on classification data indicative of a type of the source device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the policy data is generated based on timing data indicative of a current time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the policy data is employed in response to receiving a predefined text code from an authorized user device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first smart device and the second smart device are different type of smart devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the presenting the notification data comprises presenting the notification data via a first display of the first smart device and a second display of the second smart device. ### Claim 13 A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, configuration data that links a first smart device and a second smart device, with a common subscriber account; and in response to routing of the configuration data to the first smart device and the second smart device, facilitating, by the system, a presentation of notification data indicative of a notification associated with communication data via the first smart device and via the second smart device, wherein the communication data is determined to be directed from a source device to the first smart device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the configuration data comprises receiving policy data that specifies a policy for linking the first smart device and the second smart device with the common subscriber account. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: receiving, by the system, authorization data that authorizes an association of the first smart device and the second smart device, with the common subscriber account. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: as a function of the presentation, receiving, by the system, input data via the second smart device; and in response to receiving the input data, facilitating, by the system, a routing of the communication data to the second smart device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: storing, by the system, the configuration data within a data store of a communication network. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: determining configuration data that links a first smart device and a second smart device, with a common subscriber account; and in response to receiving communication data from a source device and routing the communication data to the first smart device and the second smart device, facilitating, based on the configuration data, a display of notification data indicative of a notification associated with communication data via the first smart device and via the second smart device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first smart device comprises a wearable device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first smart device comprises a device of a connected car.