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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2008
Applicants:

Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);

Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);

Charles Stahulak, Chicago, IL (US);

Dolores Mallian, St. Charles, IL (US);

Inventors:

Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);

Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);

Charles Stahulak, Chicago, IL (US);

Dolores Mallian, St. Charles, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/41422 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to update a profile of preferences and recordings maintained at a central server when a user modifies preferences and recordings at a customer premises at a digital video recorder (DVR) or set top box (STB) with respect to a video on demand system via a link through the Internet and when a user modifies preferences and recordings with a video on demand system within a vehicle. The controller can also enable downloading audio-visual information synchronized with the video on demand system via a first wireless communication system to the vehicle in response to requests sent using a second wireless communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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