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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:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Scott White, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4143 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/4786 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4143 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/42209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/4786 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, selecting a media content item and constructing a tout message based on the media content item. Information associated with the media content item is included within the tout message, which includes a selectable link. The selectable link includes instructions for directing equipment of a subscriber to access the media content item without the subscriber providing additional input. A group of communication devices associated with the subscriber is identified, and the tout message is transmitted to a communication device of the group. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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