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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Linda Roberts, Decatur, GA (US);
E-lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);
Ja-young Sung, Atlanta, GA (US);
Natasha Barrett Schultz, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert Arthur King, Roswell, GA (US);
Linda Roberts, Decatur, GA (US);
E-Lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);
Ja-Young Sung, Atlanta, GA (US);
Natasha Barrett Schultz, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Robert Arthur King, Roswell, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to present media content provided by a media content source operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, access a client program which presents an overlay that superimposes onto the media content, wherein the client program enables the media processor to associate at least a portion of the media content with a user-generated comment, receive the user-generated comment, wherein the user-generated comment provides commentary on the portion of the media content, associate the user-generated comment with the portion of the media content, and transmit the user-generated comment to a third party for determination of marketing parameters of the portion of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.