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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:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2008
Applicants:

Curtis E. Tucker, Lees Summit, MO (US);

Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);

Robert J. Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Curtis E. Tucker, Lees Summit, MO (US);

Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);

Robert J. Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04N 7/148 (2013.01); H04N 7/173 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44245 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for implementing a video conference through a television forwarding device. A remote user is authenticated through a website. A selection of a user is received for the remote user to communicate with through the video conference. An invitation is sent to the television forwarding device. The invitation being configured to prompt the user to accept implementation of the video conference. The video conference is implemented between the remote user and the user in response to the user accepting the invitation.


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