| 发明名称 | Systems and methods for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay programs in an interactive media delivery system | ||
| 摘要 | A system and method for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay program is disclosed. The pay programs are selected based on defined criteria and popularity. The most popular pay program that meets defined criteria will be automatically recorded and purchased. Notifications and confirmations are provided before purchase of pay programs. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8856844(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.10.07 |
| 申请号 | US201012889892 | 申请日期 | 2010.09.24 |
| 申请人 | United Video Properties, Inc. | 发明人 | Hamano Royce Matsusei;Gevorgyan Gevorg |
| 分类号 | H04N7/173;H04N21/45;H04N21/433;H04N21/482;H04N7/16;H04N21/466;H04N21/472;H04N5/76;H04N21/61;H04N5/765;H04N5/775;H04H60/27 | 主分类号 | H04N7/173 |
| 代理机构 | Ropes & Gray LLP | 代理人 | Ropes & Gray LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay programs in an interactive media delivery system, comprising: selecting a time period; identifying, using control circuitry, pay programs matching a user-defined criterion; determining, among the identified programs, the most popular pay programs before the pay programs are recorded; in response to the determining: recording the most-popular pay programs;determining whether the most popular pay programs correspond to the selected time period; andpurchasing, up to a defined spending limit, the most-popular pay programs responsive to determining that the most popular pay programs correspond to the selected time period; receiving a user input identifying a pay program that has been recorded and purchased; and in response to the input, playing back the identified popular pay program. | ||
| 地址 | Santa Clara CA US | ||