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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Terry Douglas Lee, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Yousef Wasef Nijim, Roswell, GA (US);
Inventors:
Terry Douglas Lee, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Yousef Wasef Nijim, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01);
Abstract
Allowing a user of a mobile computing device to link the mobile computing device and its associated network or system to a subject piece of hardware operating via a second network or system is provided. After the mobile computing device is linked to a given hardware device, functional operation of the hardware device and access to accounts associated with the hardware device may be provided to the linked mobile computing device.