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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Brian Roberts, Frisco, TX (US);
Heath Stallings, Grapevine, TX (US);
Don Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a requesting media content processing subsystem and a network entity. The requesting media content processing subsystem is configured to transmit to the network entity a request to access a snippet of a media content instance. The network entity is configured to augment the snippet with additional media content and provide a user with access to the augmented snippet via the requesting media content processing subsystem.