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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:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2011
Louis P. Slothouber, Leesburg, VA (US);
Aaron YE, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jeffrey W. Johnston, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Louis P. Slothouber, Leesburg, VA (US);
Aaron Ye, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jeffrey W. Johnston, Charlottesville, VA (US);
FOURTHWALL MEDIA, INC., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing companion services to customer premises equipment (CPE) using an IP-based service infrastructure. The infrastructure allows IP-enabled devices such as tablet PCs, smart phones, PDAs, and laptop computers to provide supplementary services to target systems and devices located at customer premises. Target systems and devices (CPE) may be TVs, PCs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, or other electronics. An embodiment is disclosed which allows a mobile device to provide companion services to a television through a link with a set-top box in a cable TV network using the Internet.