IP Library Granted Patent US 10,075,297
Granted Patent B2
US 10,075,297 · App. 14/250,427 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Content control in a networked environment

Inventors: John B Slemmer (Dunwoody, GA); Stefan Olsson (Birmingham, AL); Barrett Kreiner (Woodstock, GA); Andre Jarboe (Tucker, GA); Kevin Kleinfelter (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 10,075,297
App. No.
14/250,427
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and products control presentation of media content within a networked environment of multiple devices. Interaction rules are used to determine which ones of the devices interact with each other. Further rules may define what media content is playable by each one of the devices in the networked environment.

Claims (25)

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a playback request at a mobile phone, the playback request from a different device, the playback request specifying content information and requesting a remote authorization for a playback of electronic content locally approved by the different device for the playback;

comparing the content information specified by the playback request to a parental control accessible to the mobile phone;

determining the content information is impermissible based on a comparison of the content information to the parental control accessible to the mobile phone; and

sending a stop instruction from the mobile phone to the different device, the stop instruction instructing the different device to stop the playback of the electronic content in response to the determining that the content information is impermissible based on the parental control.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise broadcasting the content information to a plurality of devices in a networked environment.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise broadcasting the parental control to a plurality of devices in a networked environment.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise addressing the stop instruction to an address associated with the different device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a learning mode that broadcasts the parental control to a plurality of devices.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly transmitting the stop instruction from the mobile phone to the different device to stop the playback of the electronic content.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a change of state that stops the playback of the electronic content.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile phone, content information from a different device, the content information describing an electronic content retrieved by the different device via a local area network and locally approved for a playback;

retrieving, by the mobile phone, a parental control governing any media played within the local area network;

comparing, by the mobile phone, the content information to the parental control governing the media played within the local area network;

determining, by the mobile phone, that the content information from the different device is environmentally impermissible within the local area network based on the comparing of the content information to the parental control; and

sending, from the mobile phone, a stop instruction to the different device, the stop instruction instructing the different device to stop the playback of the electronic content that was locally approved in response to the determining that the content information is environmentally impermissible within the local area network.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising interpreting the parental control to broadcast the content information.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising broadcasting the parental control.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining a change of state that stops the playback of the electronic content.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining a learning mode that broadcasts the playback as a change of state.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising addressing the electronic message to an address associated with the different device.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising wirelessly transmitting the electronic message from the mobile phone to the different device to remotely stop the playback of the electronic content.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 045156/0834 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045558/0543 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045558/0578 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 045558/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2014
From: KREINER, BARRETT
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 032995/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2014
From: SLEMMER, JOHN B.; OLSSON, STEFAN; JARBOE, ANDRE; KLEINFELTER, KEVIN
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032995/0935 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 11500015 · Aug 7, 2006
Continuation 11022149 · Dec 22, 2004
Continuation 10175178 · Jun 18, 2002
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