Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for group media consumption
- Patent Title (中): 组媒体消费的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12397929Application Date: 2009-03-04
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Publication No.: US09276761B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Charles Scott , Scott White , Ankur Mukerji, III
- Applicant: Charles Scott , Scott White , Ankur Mukerji, III
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Ralph Trementozzi
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04N21/2343 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/8545 ; H04N21/4788

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box comprising a controller to send an invite for participation in a media conference to at least one media device, the media conference comprising a presentation of a media program supplied by an interactive television (iTV) network, receive an acceptance of the invite from at least one accepting media device of the at least one media device, connect the at least one accepting media device to a communications bridge operably coupled to the STB, wherein the communications bridge enables the STB and the at least one accepting media device to engage in one of voice, video, and synthesized speech to text communications, and present the media program with at least a portion of the communications between the STB and the at least one accepting media device during the media conference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100226288A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP MEDIA CONSUMPTION Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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