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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:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2009
Applicant:

Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);

Inventor:

Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04H 60/73 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/73 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method includes providing, by a media content access subsystem, a media content program for presentation to a user, receiving user input with the media content access subsystem, capturing, by the media content access subsystem, a snapshot image of the media content program based on the user input, associating, by the media content access subsystem, metadata with the snapshot image, and transmitting, by the media content access subsystem, data representative of the snapshot image and the metadata to a media content chaptering subsystem for use by the media content chaptering subsystem in chaptering the media content program. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.


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