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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Philip T. Kortum, Houston, TX (US);
Marc A. Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
James L. Cansler, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Alyssa Lenorah Noll Williams, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Philip T. Kortum, Houston, TX (US);
Marc A. Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
James L. Cansler, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Alyssa Lenorah Noll Williams, Elmhurst, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for sharing content is provided. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a housing and a wide area network (WAN) connector extending from the housing. The system may also include a graphical user interface (GUI) engine located within the housing. In practice, the GUI engine may be operable to initiate an outputting of a first list navigable with a remote control and a second list navigable with the remote control. The remote control may be a Set Top Box (STB) remote control and the first list may be configured to facilitate remote control-based navigation. The first list may contain an identifier for at least one piece of selectable content, which may be, for example, photographs, videos, songs, etc. The second list may include an alias for at least one available share partner. In practice, a user of the system may want to give a share partner revocable access to some portion of selectable content.