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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2008
Applicants:

Joel S. Angiolillo, Weston, MA (US);

Ronald J. Parrino, Medford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Joel S. Angiolillo, Weston, MA (US);

Ronald J. Parrino, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method may include receiving, at a set top box, one or more user inputs from an input device, analyzing the one or more user inputs to identify last application data, prioritizing one or more pointers associated with the last application data based on at least usage data, receiving, at the set top box, one or more request messages from the input device, and outputting, to a display device, last application information, in response to receiving the one or more request messages, based on the prioritization of the one or more pointers.


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