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Method and apparatus for distributing content

US9438647B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

David Crawford Gibbon · Lincroft, US
Lee Begeja · Gillette, US
Raghuraman Gopalan · Dublin, US
Zhu Liu · Marlboro, US
Amy Ruth Reibman · Chatham, US
Bernard S. Renger · New Providence, US
Behzad Shahraray · Holmdel, US
Eric Zavesky · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2013
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N9/8227
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of media content instances, where each media content instance of the plurality of media content instances comprises origination information, identifying a common event from the origination information of each media content instance of the plurality of media content instances, determining a plurality of viewing perspectives of the plurality of media content instances responsive to identifying the common event, and sending an alert to a social network to enable access to a viewing perspective of the plurality of viewing perspectives.

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