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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Troy C. Meuninck, Newnan, GA (US);
Oleg Kashapov, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Troy C. Meuninck, Newnan, GA (US);
Oleg Kashapov, Alpharetta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media device having a controller to present a graphical user interface for a selection of replacement content where the replacement content corresponds to a portion of media content presentable by the media device, receive the selection of the replacement content, transmit the selection to a server where the selected replacement content is retrieved using one or more metadata pointers associated with the media content, and receive the replacement content. Other embodiments are disclosed.