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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Soumyajit Chakraborty, Somerset, NJ (US);
Stephen Francis Triano, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Michael Zinnikas, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.