Systems and methods for providing companion services to customer equipment using an IP-based infrastructure
US9635410B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4758
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing companion services to customer premises equipment (CPE) using an IP-based service infrastructure. The infrastructure allows IP-enabled devices such as tablet PCs, smart phones, PDAs, and laptop computers to provide supplementary services to target systems and devices located at customer premises. Target systems and devices (CPE) may be TVs, PCs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, or other electronics. An embodiment is disclosed which allows a mobile device to provide companion services to a television through a link with a set-top box in a cable TV network using the Internet.
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