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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:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Steven M. Belz, Sunnyvale, TX (US);

Greg W. Edwards, Austin, TX (US);

Marc Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04L 67/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, selecting a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices to analyze activities of the first communication device, presenting at a device activity information associated with the activities of the first communication device, facilitating an exchange of messages between the device and the first communication device, receiving a request from the device to transfer control of the first communication device to the device responsive to the device receiving an unsatisfactory response from the first communication device, and receiving control information from the device to adjust an operational aspect of the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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