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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Applicant:
Orestis Manthoulis, Sausalito, CA (US);
Inventor:
Orestis Manthoulis, Sausalito, CA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing interactive television are provided. A method may include sending television content received from a content source to a user device. The method may also include sending at least one interactive program trigger. The interactive program trigger may be adapted to cause the user device to initiate execution of processor executable instructions stored at the user device to provide at least one interactive display related to the television content at a display device.