Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for presenting media programs
- Patent Title (中): 用于呈现媒体节目的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12617979Application Date: 2009-11-13
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Publication No.: US08387088B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert Arthur King
- Applicant: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert Arthur King
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Andrew Gust
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device, including a controller to: transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents a symbolic overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate commentary with the media content received at the media device; and present the commentary by symbolic representations in a carrousel format within a window of the presentation of the symbolic overlay and in a vicinity of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110119725A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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