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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Todd W. Jones, Kansas City, MO (US);
Douglas Medina, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Frank Mitchals, Willard, MO (US);
Todd W. Jones, Kansas City, MO (US);
Douglas Medina, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Frank Mitchals, Willard, MO (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box comprising a controller to receive media content over an Internet Protocol Television network, detect Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) content associated with the media content, present an SAP indicator with the media content to a user when the SAP content is detected for the media content, receive a selection of the SAP content by the user, and present the media content with the selected SAP content. Other embodiments are disclosed.