Method and system for delivering video content from multiple platforms to subscribers

摘要

An integrated content delivery interface enables a user to access content from a multi-channel service provider (such as a cable television service) and over-the-top sources. The system displays a set of cable channels and over-the-top channels based on a combination of the user's subscription status for the various services, personalization criteria, and device type. The system may provide the user with a playlist of available videos for each channel. For videos from over-the-top sources, when a user selects the video for on-demand play the user's device will directly access the video as served by the over-the-top source. Before including any video in the playlist, the system will ensure that the video is available to the user based on subscription status and/or device type, and it will ensure that the over-the-top source serves the video in a format that is compatible with the user's device.

主权项

1. A system for providing video content to a subscriber, comprising:
a processor; and a computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to implement a content delivery interface at an electronic device, wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions to:
present an identifying symbol for each user-selectable channel of a set of user-selectable channels in a first row of the content delivery interface, the user-selectable channels being served by a plurality of different over-the-top video content sources to which a user subscribes and are not under any control of a service provider;present a first playlist of first identifying information for video assets exclusively available from a first channel of the user-selectable channels in a second row of the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the set of user-selectable channels in the first row of the content delivery interface;receive a user input selecting the identifying symbol associated with a second channel from the set of user-selectable channels in the first row of the content delivery interface that is of interest to the user;in response to the reception of the user input, dynamically replace the first playlist with a second playlist of second identifying information for video assets exclusively available from the selected second channel, the second playlist being presented in the second row of the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the set of user-selectable channels in the first row of the content delivery interface;select, from the second playlist, second identifying information associated with a first video asset to be presented to the user via the content delivery interface;identify a device type for the electronic device;identify a first group of delivery addresses associated with an over-the-top video content source of the plurality of over-the-top video content sources that serves the selected second channel, wherein each delivery address in the group is capable of serving the first video asset;select, from the group of delivery addresses, a delivery address from which the first video asset may be served; andcause the first video asset as served from the delivery address to be presented in a video display portion of the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the set of user-selectable channels and the second playlist in the content delivery interface; wherein each of the first and second identifying information comprises at least one of visual images and graphic symbols.