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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Ahmad Ansari, Austin, TX (US);
David Hartman, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/418 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/4405 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/4623 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 5/455 (2006.01); H04N 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04L 27/0008 (2013.01); H04N 5/455 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4181 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/4405 (2013.01); H04N 21/4623 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/6168 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01); H04N 21/8193 (2013.01); H04N 5/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-platform television comprises at least one television signal interface to receive premium television services from at least two different television service providers. The television further comprises a programmable conditional access system to enable conditional access to the premium television services received by the at least one television signal interface from the at least two different service providers.