At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

Benjamin Hillman

Brian B Wilson

Jason Buxton

A method includes making a determination at a user device to transition the user device to a standby mode. The method includes sending a message from the user device to a server of a service provider in response to the determination, where the service provider provides a service to the user device. The method includes receiving, in response to the message, a content stream at the user device. The method includes sending video content generated from the content stream to a display device while the user device is in the standby mode. The method also includes, in response to a time in the standby mode exceeding a threshold, transmitting a second message to the server from the user device. In response to the second message, receipt of the content stream ceases.

Advertising for a user device in a standby mode

A method includes making, at a user device, a determination to transition to a standby mode. The method includes sending a message from the user device to a network device in response to the determination. The method includes receiving, in response to the message, an advertising stream at the user device from the network device. The method includes processing the advertising stream at the user device to generate advertising content. The method also includes sending the advertising content to a display device.

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