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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:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:

John R. Stefanik, Atlanta, GA (US);

E-lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);

Charles Patrick Bradley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Tuck Seng Tan, Lithia Springs, GA (US);

Darnell Clayton, Atlanta, GA (US);

Madhur Khandelwal, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

John R. Stefanik, Atlanta, GA (US);

E-Lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);

Charles Patrick Bradley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Tuck Seng Tan, Lithia Springs, GA (US);

Darnell Clayton, Atlanta, GA (US);

Madhur Khandelwal, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); H04N 21/2547 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/36 (2013.01); H04N 21/2547 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system having a controller to present a merchant a graphical user interface (GUI) for entering advertisement information, receive from the merchant advertisement information, generate an advertisement GUI for presenting the received advertisement information, identify a plurality of users of the IPTV system that demographically correlate to the advertisement information, and direct the advertisement GUI to one or more set-top boxes of the identified plurality of users. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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