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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Raul Aldrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Sunil Limbasia, Irving, TX (US);
Aravind Perumandla, Irving, TX (US);
Sampath Nambakkam, Irving, TX (US);
Raghuram Darapu, Lewisville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Raul Aldrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Sunil Limbasia, Irving, TX (US);
Aravind Perumandla, Irving, TX (US);
Sampath Nambakkam, Irving, TX (US);
Raghuram Darapu, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, audio and/or video transmission to a user. An input is received from the user specifying media content that is accessible over a data network. The media content is retrieved over the data network, and presented via the set-top box.