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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
John Manganilla, Torrance, CA (US);
Gowrishankar Subramaniam Natarajan, Torrance, CA (US);
Virgil L. Archer, III, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25435 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a pricing policy for streaming a media asset to a user; and recording, by the processing system, the pricing policy into a blockchain, wherein the pricing policy is used by a billing system to charge the user for streaming the media asset. Other embodiments are disclosed.