# US 8,542,702 B1 · Marking and sending portions of data transmissions

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- Number: US 8,542,702 B1
- Document ID: US8542702B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 12/132,509
- Filed: 2008-06-03
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2008-06-03
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: Craig M. Cavanaugh
- Inventors: Craig M. Cavanaugh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542702B1

## CPC

- H04J 3/22: in which the sources have different rates or codes {(simultaneous speech and digital data or video transmission H04M11/06; see provisional also H04J3/16)}
- H04N 21/47205: {for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally}
- H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A system for receiving and sending a data transmission includes a network where a user may view and manipulate a data transmission. A marking mechanism allows a user to denote first and second marks of the data transmission that frame a portion of the data transmission. A transmitter is configured to send the first and second marks to a remote device for consumption of the portion of the data transmission.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
generating a data transmission on a presentation device;
marking the data transmission with a first mark of the data transmission and a second mark of the data transmission, wherein the first and second marks of the data transmission frame a first portion of the data transmission;
marking the data transmission with a third mark of the data transmission and a fourth mark of the data transmission, wherein the third and fourth marks of the data transmission frame a second portion of the data transmission;
transmitting the first, second, third and fourth marks of the data transmission to a remote device on a peer-to-peer basis;
transmitting the first portion and the second portion of the data transmission to a remote network independent of the first, second, third and fourth marks; and
transmitting a directory of eligible remote devices and a plurality of remote device profiles containing preference information associated with the eligible remote devices to the remote network, the directory of eligible remote devices identifying the plurality of eligible remote devices, to enable the remote network to make a determination to provide access to the data transmission to a selected one of the eligible remote devices based on the remote device profiles, so that the selected one of the eligible remote devices can consume the first portion of the data transmission and the second portion of the data transmission together by accessing the first portion and the second portion of the data transmission from the remote network using the first, second, third and fourth marks.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission is a real time data transmission.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission comprises a video transmission.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second marks designate a start and stop mark by specifying a byte offset of the data transmission.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the first portion of the data transmission is less than all of the data transmission.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing the first portion of the data transmission at the remote device from a system memory that is independent of the presentation device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a cellular phone.