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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:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Linda Roberts, Boynton Beach, FL (US);

E-Lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);

Ja-Young Sung, San Jose, CA (US);

Natasha Barrett Schultz, Suwanee, GA (US);

Robert King, Roswell, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/42225 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and processes that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, identifying temporal actions initiated by equipment of users during presentation of a media program to the equipment of users. A timeline is modified that corresponds to a linear progression of the media program, wherein the modified timeline includes symbols indicative of the temporal actions. The modified timeline is provided to the equipment of the users. The modified timeline is presented at displays of the equipment of the plurality of users, together with the media program. The symbols are situated in relation to the presentation of the media program, wherein the symbols can be selected by input cursors at the displays of the equipment of the users. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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