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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
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);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.