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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Marian Croak, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Hossein Eslambolchi, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/20 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/21 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/21815 (2013.01); H04N 21/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/218 (2013.01); H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/2181 (2013.01); H04N 21/21 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling registered users to select and purchase video sessions from a network to be viewed from any video display devices connected to the network are disclosed. Specifically, these purchased video sessions can be stored within the network and accessed from any viewable display device connected to any video endpoint device at any time upon the users' request. In one embodiment, the stored video sessions can be downloaded and recorded onto a recording medium for future use.