Systems and methods for providing companion services to customer equipment using an IP-based infrastructure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9635410
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13271750

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Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing companion services to customer premises equipment (CPE) using an IP-based service infrastructure. The infrastructure allows IP-enabled devices such as tablet PCs, smart phones, PDAs, and laptop computers to provide supplementary services to target systems and devices located at customer premises. Target systems and devices (CPE) may be TVs, PCs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, or other electronics. An embodiment is disclosed which allows a mobile device to provide companion services to a television through a link with a set-top box in a cable TV network using the Internet.

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FOURTH WALL MEDIA INC45925 HORSESHOE DRIVE SUITE 100 DULLES VA 20166

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Johnston, Jeffrey W Charlottesville, US 8 279
Slothouber, Louis P Leesburg, US 17 953
Ye, Aaron Ashburn, US 4 108

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