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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Yousef Wasef Nijim, Roswell, GA (US);

James Alan Strothmann, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Jay Paul Langa, Cumming, GA (US);

Eric S. Roberts, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/4786 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4786 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01);
Abstract

Automatically performing an action within a video service based on an identified relationship between a content object and a video content item is provided. A content object is an electronic communication associated with a subscriber and comprises text or an image or a link to text or an image related to the video content item. A content identifier engine receives the object and parses the object against a data system storing information related to video content items. When a video content item matching or related to the object is identified, the object manager searches on demand content items and a video programming lineup available to the subscriber for the identified video content item. The video service provider performs or allocates resources to perform one or more automatic actions related to the video content item.


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