Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Data Services Inc.

Verizon Laboratories Inc.

Verizon Services Corporation

Raul I Aldrey

Donald H Relyea

Brian Frederick Roberts

Shafiq Kassam

Anil Krishna Guntupalli

Diego J Crespo

Edwin Elberg

Harpal Singh Bassali

Luis R Blando

Venkata S Adimatyam

Marcelo D Lechner

Kishore Tallapaneni

Nosherwan Minwalla

Heath Stallings

Enrique Ruiz-Velasco

Shadman Zafar

Japan A Mehta

George Masao Higa

Michael R Oliver

Sudhanshu Sharma

Jack Jianxiu Hao

Sok Young Hwang

Ruchir Rodrigues

Michael J Naggar

John Valdez

Laxmi Patel

Prabhakar Mani

Jimena Velarde

Bradford A Jackvony

Maitreyi Krishnaswamy

Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca

Liwen Yang

Aung Tun

Mona A Goldstein

Michelle Felt

Don Relyea

Sameer Gavade

Kristopher T Frazier

Armando Paul Stettner

Sunil D Limbasia

Siddharth Pandey

John F Gallagher

Yuriy Bolyukh

Aravind Perumandla

Michael J D'Argenio

Sudeep Dasgupta

Sampath Nambakkam

Anil Solleti

Robert Beckwith

Abhishek Gupta

Shamik Basu

Raghuram Darapu

Muthukumar X Kasitholkappian

Aravind Perumandia

Gaurav Kumar

Pericharla Anjaneya

Harpal S Bassali

One or more devices send, over a network, an advertisement for presentation by a video client, where the advertisement includes a trigger for secondary advertising content that is presented, within a hotspot designated in the primary advertisement, as part of the primary advertisement. The one or more devices receive, via the network, a notification from the video client that a user has selected the trigger and determine, based on the notification, particular secondary advertising content to be presented to the user. The one or more devices send, over the network, instructions to the video client to retrieve the particular secondary advertising content for presentation to the user.

Advertisements within television advertisements

An approach is provided for remotely controlling set-top boxes. A command is received from a computing device for controlling a plurality of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are configured according to the received command.

Method and apparatus for remote set-top box management

An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, audio and/or video transmission to a user. An input is received from the user specifying media content that is accessible over a data network. The media content is retrieved over the data network, and presented via the set-top box.

Method and apparatus for providing virtual channels

A content processing device is configured to store a parameter indicative of a content preference of a system user, to request and receive data relating to the stored parameter, to receive an incoming video signal, and to provide to a video display at least a portion of the video signal and a data interface including at least a subset of the data.

Interactive data widgets for video

An exemplary method includes a media content asset recovery system 1) detecting a migration of a user account from being associated with a first DVR system to being associated with a second DVR system, 2) identifying, in response to the detecting, a media content asset included within a library of one or more media content assets stored by the first DVR system at a time associated with the migration, 3) selecting, in accordance with a source selection heuristic, a media content source other than the first DVR system and that is configured to distribute the media content asset, and 4) directing the second DVR system to acquire the media content asset from the selected media content source for storage by the second DVR system.

Media content asset recovery methods and systems

A method including providing content for purchasing and viewing by users; providing at least one of an advertisement option, a replay option, or a content segment option pertaining to the purchasing and the viewing of a content; receiving a selection of content from a user; receiving a selection of the at least one of the advertisement option, the replay option, or the content segment option pertaining to the selected content; identifying a user device used by the user for viewing the selected content; sending the selected content to the user based on the identified user device; and displaying the selected content on the user device based on the selection of the at least one of the advertisement option, the replay option, or the content segment option.

Content provisioning for user devices

A network server that includes at least a processor is configured to receive, from a first network, a trigger event received in the first network from a non web-enabled device configured to communicate the trigger event to the first network, wherein the trigger event includes a designation of at least one file to be transferred. The network server is further configured to transmit a notification that includes the designation to a second network based on the trigger event, the second network being a web-enabled network communicatively coupled to at least a first web-enabled peer node that is capable of receiving the notification.

Managed peer-to-peer file sharing

Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a start or a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a media content access subsystem detecting an instruction configured to trigger a start or a stop of a recording of a media content instance at a start time or a stop time based on a clock reference, detecting an advertisement break proximate in time to the start time or the stop time, and adjusting the start or the stop of the recording based on the advertisement break. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting at least one of a start and a stop of a recording based on an advertisement break

Exemplary methods and systems for providing access to content during the presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. As described in more detail below, a content presentation system may detect a predefined motion of a mobile device during a presentation of a media content instance by a media content access device, identify the media content instance, and provide access to the identified media content instance by way of the mobile device in response to the predefined motion. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for providing access to content during a presentation of a media content instance

In an exemplary method, contacts data for a network address book is maintained, data representative of at least a portion of a local address book maintained on an access device is received over a network, and the received local address book data is used to perform at least one connected address book operation. In one example in which the contacts data includes data representative of a network address book listing associated with a user, data representative of a persona associated with the user is maintained, a request to access the network address book listing is received, and at least a subset of the data representative of the network address book listing is identified and provided in response to the request and based at least in part on the persona.

Connected address book systems and methods

Exemplary methods and systems for providing enhanced content by way of a virtual channel are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem providing a virtual channel, associating the virtual channel with a content provider, receiving enhanced content to be provided by way of the virtual channel from the content provider, associating one or more selectable triggers with the virtual channel, and providing a user with access to the enhanced content in response to a selection by the user of one of the one or more selectable triggers. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for providing enhanced content by way of a virtual channel

An exemplary method includes a digital video recording ('DVR') data migration management system 1) receiving a request for a user account to migrate from being associated with a first DVR system to being associated with a second DVR system, 2) accessing a first DVR data set associated with the first DVR system and separate from data representative of a library of one or more media content assets stored by the first DVR system, 3) generating a second DVR data set based on the first DVR data set and in accordance with one or more attributes of the second DVR system, and 4) associating the second DVR data set with the second DVR system. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for facilitating migration of a user account from a first digital video recording ('DVR') system to a second DVR system

A method, a computer program product, and apparatus are provided for delivering information and commands regarding a media program. An advertisement is provided that allows a user to request more information about the media program by clicking on or otherwise selecting the advertisement. The information may be based on the identity of the user. The information may include programming guide information regarding the media program that is available to an associated set top box of the user. The user may also be able to send commands, such as record the media program or set up a reminder about the media program, through a DVR scheduling facility to the set top box. The set top box may be able to send an acceptance of the command or a notice of conflict to the user through the DVR scheduling facility.

Method, computer program product, and apparatus for delivering information and commands regarding a media program

A methods and systems are provided for presenting one or more topic specific portals. A portal may present various content relating to a common topic. The content may be episodes of a television show, movies, products, games, songs, images, and general information about the topic. The topic may be the television show, a movie studio, an actor, a company, or a particular genre or theme. A service provider may deliver the portal in an interactive programming guide sent to the set top boxes of its subscribers. The portal may be interactive such that subscribers may order or watch the content presented on the portal. A content provider may create or edit the portals and send the portals to the service provider. The delivery of the portal to the service provider by the content provider may be through an application programming interface.

Methods and systems for providing one or more topic specific portals

An exemplary method includes receiving a command input by a user to record media content, recording media content data representative of the media content in response to the command, automatically selecting at least one storage device from a local storage device and a network storage device for storage of the recorded media content data in accordance with at least one of a plurality of storage balancing factors, and storing the recorded media content data in the at least one selected storage device. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for dynamically balancing storage of recorded media content data between a local storage device and a network storage device

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Raul I Aldrey