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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian Wilson, Johnston, IA (US);
Douglas Alman, San Marcos, CA (US);
Todd Andrew Fryer, Liberty, MO (US);
Nicholas Nicas, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Charles D. Turner, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving, at a media interface device, a media selection command included in a first communication from an application executing on a processor in a display device. The method further includes transmitting a signal to a particular module of a plurality of modules of the media interface device, where the particular module is selected based on the media selection command, and where each of the plurality of modules is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source. The method further includes sending a second communication to the application. The second communication includes a particular media content item received via the particular module.