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Patent No.:

US 9438960 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2013

System and method for interacting with social networking in an internet protocol television system

Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Nadia Morris, Decatur, GA (US);

N. Peter Hill, Atlanta, GA (US);

Troy C. Meuninck, Newman, GA (US);

Virginia S. Ng, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Guntin & Gust, PLC

Ralph Trementozzi

Primary Examiner:

Jason Salce

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/4782 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/4782 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an Internet protocol television network, a set-top box includes a social network interface module and a remote control interface module. The social network interface module receives a first selection of a content item from the remote control interface module, and receives a second selection of a comment from the remote control interface module. The social network interface module also posts the second selection on a social network system.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Morris, Nadia. (2016). System and method for interacting with social networking in an internet protocol television system (U.S. Patent No. 9438960). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9438960

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