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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
William Stanley Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Anup D Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
Mark Ryan, Norcros, GA (US);
William Stanley Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Anup D Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
Mark Ryan, Norcros, GA (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 having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.