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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Yolius Diroo, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven M. Wollmershauser, San Antonio, TX (US);
Edward Walter, Boerne, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04L 23/02 (2006.01); H04L 5/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 7/52 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6175 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04N 7/52 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/26616 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/42646 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a third party video content database is coupled to an IPTV network. The IPTV network includes a plurality of set top boxes (STBs). The third party video content database is mapped to the IPTV network via an IP address of the third party content database, and it is associated with an assigned channel on the IPTV network. One or more STBs of the IPTV network have access to the assigned channel.