US 9,756,393 B2Granted

Recording option for advertised programs

AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

InventorsStephanie Lewis, Jennifer Portanka

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Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a media processor displaying an advertisement regarding a future media presentation and determining an identifier and a communication capability of a mobile device associated with a subscriber associated with a remote second media processor. The media processor establishes communication with the mobile device in accordance with the communication capability, receives a first signal from the mobile device indicating that recording of an advertised future media presentation is desired, and displays a first menu in response to the first signal, where the first menu comprises an identifier of the future media presentation and identifiers of additional future media presentations advertised previously. The media processor also receives a second signal from the mobile device indicating selection from the first menu of a future presentation to be recorded, and transmits an instruction via the network to record the selected presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device comprising:

a processing system including a processor;
and
a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
displaying, on a display device associated with a first media processor communicating over a network, an advertisement regarding a media presentation, wherein the first media processor and the display device are located at a first premises;
determining an identifier of a mobile device and a communication capability of the mobile device, the mobile device being associated with a network subscriber visiting the first premises, the subscriber being associated with a second media processor communicating over the network, wherein the second media processor is located at a second premises remote from the first premises,
initiating communication with the mobile device using short-range communication and in accordance with the communication capability;
receiving a first signal from the mobile device indicating that recording of a media presentation is desired;
providing a first menu in response to the first signal, wherein the first menu comprises the advertised media presentation, the first menu being arranged with the advertised media presentation at a first position in the first menu and indicated as a default selection;
receiving a second signal from the mobile device indicating selection from the first menu of a media presentation to be recorded;
providing a second menu in response to the second signal, wherein the second menu comprises identifiers of a plurality of media processors communicating over the network, the plurality of media processors including the first media processor and the second media processor, the second menu being arranged with the second media processor at a first position in the second menu and indicated as a default selection;
and
transmitting an instruction via the network to record the selected media presentation at the second media processor,
wherein the first menu and the second menu are provided to the mobile device for presentation at a user interface of the mobile device, and wherein the first menu and the second menu are not displayed at the display device.

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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

displaying, on a display device associated with a first set top box utilizing the processor, an advertisement regarding a media presentation, the first set top box being associated with a first subscriber and located at a first premises;
obtaining an identifier of a mobile device, the mobile device being associated with a second subscriber visiting the first premises, the second subscriber being associated with a second set top box located at a remote second premises and not the first set top box,
initiating communication with the mobile device using short-range communication;
receiving a first signal from the mobile device indicating that recording of a media presentation is desired;
providing a first menu in response to the first signal, wherein the first menu comprises the advertised media presentation;
receiving a second signal from the mobile device indicating selection from the first menu of a media presentation to be recorded;
providing a second menu in response to the second signal, wherein the second menu comprises identifiers of a plurality of set top boxes including the first set top box and the second set top box;
and
transmitting an instruction to record the selected media presentation at the second set top box,
wherein the first menu and the second menu are provided to the mobile device for presentation at a user interface of the mobile device, and wherein the first menu and the second menu are not displayed at the display device.

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A method comprising:

displaying, by a processing system, on a display device associated with a first media processor, an advertisement regarding a media presentation, the first media processor being associated with a first subscriber and located at a first premises;
determining, by the processing system, an identifier of a mobile device, the mobile device being associated with a second subscriber different from the first subscriber, the second subscriber visiting the first premises and being associated with a second media processor located at a second premises remote from the first media processor,
initiating, by the processing system, communication with the mobile device using a short-range communication protocol;
receiving, by the processing system, a first signal from the mobile device regarding recording of a media presentation;
providing, by the processing system, a first menu in response to the first signal, wherein the first menu comprises an identifier of the advertised media presentation;
receiving, by the processing system, a second signal from the mobile device indicating selection from the first menu;
providing, by the processing system, a second menu in response to the second signal, wherein the second menu comprises identifiers of a plurality of media processors including the first media processor and the second media processor;
and
transmitting, by the processing system, an instruction to record the selected media presentation at the second media processor,
wherein the first menu and the second menu are provided to the mobile device for presentation at a user interface of the mobile device, and wherein the first menu and the second menu are not displayed at the display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/447,755Filed 31 Jul 2014
Published: US 2016/0037222 A14 Feb 2016
Granted: 5 Sep 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04N 21/47214
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content…: for…
H04N 21/4227
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: providing Remote…
H04N 21/4334
Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations: recording operations
H04N 21/43637
Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network: involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless…