Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for providing distributed media consumption
- Patent Title (中): 提供分布式媒体消费的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12620239Application Date: 2009-11-17
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Publication No.: US08832734B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Charles Scott , Ankur Mukerji , Scott White
- Applicant: Charles Scott , Ankur Mukerji , Scott White
- 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 Jay H. Anderson
- Main IPC: H04N7/10
- IPC: H04N7/10 ; H04N21/4788

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first set-top-box (STB) of a group of STBs, the first STB having a controller to select via a graphical user interface (GUI) a media program and a second STB of the group of STBs for receiving an invitation to participate in a media session, wherein the media session comprises presentation of the media program, transmit the invitation to the second STB of the group of STBs, wherein information associated with the invitation is visually displayed at a third STB of the group of STBs participating in the media session, and present the media program at the first STB during the media session, wherein the media program is presented at the third STB during the media session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110119706A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED MEDIA CONSUMPTION Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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