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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Marc Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Alyssa Williams, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Brett Anderson, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
James Cansler, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marc Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff Brandt, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Alyssa Williams, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Brett Anderson, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
James Cansler, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system to view a selection of thumbnails are described herein. A plurality of content channels, which are most recently tuned into by a user, are stored. Further, a display presents a selection array for a plurality of thumbnails that represent the plurality of content channels.