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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. 30, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);

John Civiletto, Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edgar V. Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);

John Civiletto, Suwanee, GA (US);

Assignee:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/4415 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4415 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for customizing broadband content based upon passive presence detection of users are provided. A user device in proximity to a customer premise device may be detected. The customer premise device may be configured to output programming content received from a service provider. An identifier of the detected user device may be determined. Based at least in part on the identifier, an identity of a user may be determined. Based at least in part on the identity of the user, content that is output by the customer premise device may be customized.


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