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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. 27, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jerald Robert Howcroft, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Michael Raftelis, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/440236 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/64707 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for remote viewing of multimedia content using a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) is configured to duplicate multimedia content displayed on a first MCDN terminal device and route the duplicate multimedia content to a second MCDN terminal device. The MCDN terminal devices may be coupled to a local network at an MCDN client premises. The MCDN terminal devices may also include wireless telephony devices for mobile remote viewing functionality. The method may include transcoding of the multimedia content into a format suitable for the second MCDN terminal device.


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