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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:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

James Pratt, Round Rock, TX (US);

Steven M. Belz, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Gregory Edwards, Austin, TX (US);

Paul Van Vleck, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); G06F 16/904 (2019.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); G06F 16/904 (2019.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a media device, media content from a media content server. A portion of the media content includes a first item concurrently depicted with a second item. The method includes receiving an input indicating a selection of the second item within the media content. The method includes, in response to the input, sending an identification request for information corresponding to the second item to an identification server in response to the input. The identification request includes data relating to a depiction of the second item. The method also includes receiving the information from the identification server in response to the identification request.


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