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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Dean Debois, Acworth, GA (US);
James D. Huffman, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Frank Coppa, North Kansas City, MO (US);
Inventors:
Dean Debois, Acworth, GA (US);
James D. Huffman, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Frank Coppa, North Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network device having a controller programmed to store a subscriber selectable preference for advertisements and for video channel distribution to send to a set top box (STB) and receive a signal from a broadcast stream indicating the location for insertion of an advertisement based on the subscriber selectable preference. Other embodiments are disclosed.