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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:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Steven M Wollmershauser, San Antonio, TX (US);

William R Hurst, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/232 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/232 (2013.01); H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/26225 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for sending stored IPTV advertisement data from an IPTV network end user network interface device, the method including but not limited to intercepting data from the end user device connected to the end user network interface device before the data reaches a destination intended by an end user associated with the end user device; determining at the end user network interface device whether a television subscription is active for the end user network device; and sending the advertisement data from the television network device to the end user device for display when the television subscription is not active for the network interface device and instructions to connect the client device to a walled garden indicated by a uniform resource in the advertisement data.


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