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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Guest Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
David Andrew Hulse, Athens, GR;
Thomas R. Duke, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Guest Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/214 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/42623 (2013.01); H04N 21/42676 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/440218 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/6106 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for providing digital content to televisions or other devices having media playback capabilities over a network infrastructure using virtual set top boxes (VSTBs).