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US 8,713,608 B2Granted
System for presenting media services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorScott White
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Abstract
A system for presenting media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to detect an installation of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) media receiver in an IPTV media system and adapt at least a portion of the portal according to the installation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims17
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving at a web server a request from an Internet browser of a communication device to remotely navigate through one or more media files stored in a Set-Top Box;
- presenting the one or more media files at the Internet browser in a personal catalog of media files;
- receiving at the web server from the Internet browser a selection of the one or more media files from the personal catalog of media files;
- and
- responsive to receiving the selection of the one or more media files, automatically:
- supplying an embedded media player to the Internet browser;
- directing the set-top box to transmit to the web-server a real-time media stream corresponding to the selected media file:
- and
- beginning presentation of the media stream on the embedded media player at the Internet browser.
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A communication device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a controller element to:
- activate an Internet browser;
- submit by way of the Internet browser a request to a web server to navigate through one or more media files stored in a Set-Top Box accessible by the web server;
- receive from the web server information associated with the one or more media files presented as a personal catalog of media files;
- present by way of the Internet browser said information;
- submit to the web server a selection associated with the one or more media files and selected from the personal catalog of media files;
- and
- responsive to submitting the selection, automatically;
- receive from the web server an embedded media player for the Internet browser;
- receive a real-time media stream originating from the STB by way of the web server associated with the selection;
- and
- present the real-time media stream on the embedded media player at the Internet browser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.