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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
David A. Levine, Smyrna, GA (US);
Dale Malik, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of managing bandwidth usage at a customer premises includes receiving a content stream at a set-top box device coupled to a display device. The method also includes receiving a power-off command for the display device. Furthermore, the method includes displaying a prompt on the display device, wherein the prompt comprises an instruction to confirm that the display device is active via a confirmation input. The method further includes directing, responsive to the determining that the confirmation input has not been received, a source device to cease sending the content stream to the set-top box.