Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for distributing media content
- Patent Title (中): 用于分发媒体内容的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12463793Application Date: 2009-05-11
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Publication No.: US09021365B2Publication Date: 2015-04-28
- Inventor: John Alson Hicks, III , Randy Zimler
- Applicant: John Alson Hicks, III , Randy Zimler
- 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: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to determine a common user interface to be presented by a group of media devices of a premises where the group of media devices are capable of receiving media content from the server over a power line of the premises and are capable of presenting the media content, detect user interaction with the common user interface from different media devices of the group of media devices, and transmit display signals to the group of media devices for displaying the user interaction on the common user interface, where the display signals differentiate the different media devices that received the user interaction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100287480A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT Public/Granted day:2010-11-11
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