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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:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Mark Easley, Coweta, OK (US);

Vivek Mhatre, Bellevue, WA (US);

Thomas A. Cannon, Jr., Lynnwood, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4886 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media server having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate sending a datastream to a display device. The datastream may include an identification thereof. Upon receiving the identification from a user, the media server associates the datastream with the user. The media server may send to the user, a listing of the media services to which the user has subscribed. Upon receiving, from the user, a selection of a selected media service, the media server streams the selected media service to the display device over the datastream. The datastream may be controlled with the user for as long as the media server detects the user in a vicinity of the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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