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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/4425 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26225 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4425 (2013.01); H04N 21/44231 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, system having a controller to receive from a set-top box (STB) a request for assistance, identify a subscriber account associated with the STB, identify from the subscriber account a subscription grade, select one of a plurality of subscriber support services according to the subscriber grade, and establish communications between the STB and the selected subscriber support service. Other embodiments are disclosed.