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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Nicholas Peter Hill, Atlanta, GA (US);
Virginia Ng, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to capture an image, and transmit the image to a system. The system can be operable to determine that the image corresponds to a media program, identify metadata associated with the media program, and transmit the metadata to a set-top box operable to display program information according to the metadata. Other embodiments are disclosed.