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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:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Gainesville, GA (US);

John R. Stefanik, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/4104 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/42208 (2013.01); H04N 21/42224 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a controllability indicator at a portable communication device, the controllability indicator received from a stationary communication device. The controllability indicator indicates whether a trickplay feature is available for controlling a presentation of multimedia content, and is determined from a characterization of the multimedia content. The method further includes presenting a trickplay indicator at the portable communication device according to the controllability indicator to indicate whether the trickplay feature is available. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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