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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:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Soumyajit Chakraborty, Somerset, NJ (US);

Stephen Francis Triano, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Michael Zinnikas, North Brunswick, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving an initial request for content from a first user; sending one or more subsequent requests to other user(s), such as those at or near a location associated with the live content; receiving replies from the other users; presenting options to and receiving a selection from the first user; sending a confirmation request to a selected user; and receiving, by the first user, the live content from the selected user. In some embodiments, the method includes charging first user a fee for requesting and/or receiving the live content; and paying a fee to the selected user. The second fee may be specified by the selected user. In any case, the users need not know each other. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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