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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Koushik Chatterjee, Orlando, FL (US);
Steven M. Casey, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for distributing an alert to a set-top box. Media content is received for communication to one or more set-top boxes. Data is extracted from the media content. A determination is made whether the extracted data is associated with one or more alert profiles. The alert is generated in response to the extracted data being associated with the one or more alert profiles. The alert is distributed to one or more set-top boxes in response to generating the one or more alert profiles.