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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Lee M. Chow, Naperville, IL (US);
David Piepenbrink, Chicago, IL (US);
Stephen Rys, Austin, TX (US);
James T. Sofos, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/2347 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/2347 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes determining, at a server, whether to send a media content item to a media device based on a recommendation, where the media content item is associated with a time period. The method also includes, in response to a determination to send the media content item, sending the media content item from the server to the media device, where the media content item is unplayable at the media device when attempted to be played at a time outside of the time period.