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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:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Linda Ann Roberts, Boynton Beach, FL (US);

E-Lee Chang, Mableton, GA (US);

Ja-Young Sung, San Jose, CA (US);

Natasha Barrett Schultz, Suwanee, GA (US);

Robert King, Roswell, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/237 (2011.01); H04N 21/8405 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0243 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); H04N 21/237 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/8405 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, the steps of transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, receiving a first comment from a first set top box of the group of set top boxes where the first comment is presentable with the overlay and the media content by the group of set top boxes, determining a first advertisement based on the first comment, and transmitting the first advertisement to the first set top box for presentation with the overlay and the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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