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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:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2013
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Edward Walter, Boerne, TX (US);

Steven Michael Wollmershauser, San Antonio, TX (US);

Erin Tania Kenyon, Piedmont, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4508 (2013.01); H04N 7/17354 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for video content at a set-top box located at a first location, the request received from a remote user device located at a second location. The method also includes initiating recording of the video content at the set-top box when the video content is unrestricted at the first location and when the video content is restricted at the second location. The method also includes, when the video content is unrestricted at the second location, initiating sending the video content to the remote user device.


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