Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for managing media content
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Application No.: US14697221Application Date: 2015-04-27
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Publication No.: US09769232B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Zhu Liu , Andrea Basso , David Crawford Gibbon , Harris Drucker
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- 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: Gustin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Joseph Hrutka
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/4402 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/84 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to monitor for media content from a first source that is distributable where the media content is adjusted for distribution to a plurality of communication devices that are associated with a user and a portion of the plurality of communication devices use different communication protocols from another portion of the plurality of communication devices, obtain content metadata from the media content, receive a request for information associated with the media content from a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices of the user, compile the information from the content metadata based at least in part on a user profile associated with the user, and transmit the information to the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150229691A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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