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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicant:
Curtis Tucker, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Inventor:
Curtis Tucker, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for controlling network bandwidth that uses a timer to monitor the length of time that a set top box is set to a channel and, in response to the timer reaching a time limit, requesting a response from a user to verify that the channel is still being watched. If a response is not received with a specified time duration, the signal for the IPTV channel may be disconnected. The system may be configured to include 'thin client' middleware on a network server or 'thick client' middleware on a set top box, for example, to operate in conjunction with a network server.