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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Thomas O'Neil, Staten Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04L 29/08675 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for delivering selected multimedia content to a user of a mobile device in a pervasive computing environment is disclosed. Communications with a mobile device in the environment is established. A user profile and viewing history is received from the mobile device. Multimedia content is selected and sequenced for viewing by the user. The selection of multimedia content is based on search logic that includes the user profile and viewing history. Metadata is transmitted to the mobile device that is associated with the selected multimedia content.