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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:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Brian M Novack, St. Louis, MO (US);

David Dunmire, Roswell, GA (US);

Jason Hicks, Edwardsville, IL (US);

Matthew A Rakers, Aviston, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G07F 17/16 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G07F 17/16 (2013.01); H04L 12/1403 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are describe wherein a service provider provides media services that can include, but are not limited to, telephone, radio, interactive and television services. A user residence and/or a user receiving device are designated as a primary location or device for receiving the services of the service provider. An authorization center authenticates a request to provide the service(s) at one or more secondary location/device. The verification process can include, but is not limited to, password(s), Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and biometric identifiers such as voice, retina, finger print and DNA.


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