# US 10,455,274 B2 · Methods, systems, and products for control of devices

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- Number: US 10,455,274 B2
- Document ID: US10455274B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/462,803
- Filed: 2017-03-18
- Published: 2017-07-06
- Granted: 2019-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2000-06-21
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Inventors: John R. Stefanik; George A. Durden
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455274B2

## CPC

- H04N 21/4345: {Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream}
- H04N 5/765: Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
- H04N 7/17318: {Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests}
- H04N 21/235: Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
- H04N 21/4112: {having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities}
- H04N 21/4131: {home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807)}
- H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
- H04N 21/436: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home
- H04N 21/43632: {involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 (high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052)}
- H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)}
- H04N 21/47: End-user applications
- H04N 21/4782: Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV}
- H04N 21/6543: for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording {(remote booting in general G06F9/4416)}
- H04N 21/6547: comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
- H04N 21/8126: {involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts}
- H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)}
- H04N 5/775: between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
- H04N 5/85: on discs or drums
- H04N 21/4222: {Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415)}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Methods, systems, and products control external devices during presentation of multimedia content. When a description of the multimedia content is received, the description may include control data for controlling a device. The control data may thus be executed to alter a presentation of the multimedia content.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a request to stream an electronic content to a device;
retrieving, by the server, an electronic description of the electronic content;
retrieving, by the server, a textual control data for controlling a presentation of the electronic content;
adding, by the server, the textual control data to a data field in the electronic description; and
sending, by the server, the electronic description of the electronic content via the Internet to the device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising incorporating the textual control data into the electronic content.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising adding the textual control data to the electronic content.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising streaming the electronic content via the Internet to the device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising muting the electronic content.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising censoring the electronic content.

### Claim 7

A system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request to stream an electronic content to a device;
retrieving an electronic description of the electronic content;
retrieving a textual control data associated with the electronic content, the textual control data for controlling a presentation of the electronic content;
adding the textual control data to a data field containing the electronic description; and
sending the electronic description and the textual control data via the Internet to the device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise incorporating the textual control data into the electronic content.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise adding the textual control data to the electronic content.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise muting the electronic content.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise adding the textual control data to a data field in the electronic description.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise censoring the electronic content.

### Claim 13

A memory device storing code that when executed causes a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request to stream electronic content to a device;
retrieving a data field containing an electronic description of the electronic content;
retrieving a textual control data associated with the electronic content, the textual control data for controlling a presentation of the electronic content;
adding the textual control data to the data field containing the electronic description of the electronic content; and
sending the electronic description having the textual control data added therein via the Internet to the device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The memory device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise incorporating the textual control data into the electronic content.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The memory device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise adding the textual control data to the electronic content.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The memory device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise streaming the electronic content via the Internet to the device.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise adjusting a sound associated with the electronic content.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise adding the textual control data to a data field in the electronic description.