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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Atif Aslam, Mableton, GA (US);
Jeffrey Mikan, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/2146 (2013.01); H04N 21/4508 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, communicating with a server via a first type of communication path to obtain permission to provide media content, that is stored locally at a device, to another device; and responsive to obtaining the permission from the server, providing at least some of the media content to the another device, the media content being provided to the another device via a second type of communication path that is different from the first type of communication path. Other embodiments are disclosed.