Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC

Fox Media LLC

Fox Networks Group, Inc.

Steven Arthur Thorpe

David Bradley Wertheimer

Alexander Moore St Laurent

Bryan Jose Gonzalez

Michael Alan Gooch

Benjamin Harry Ziskind

A method, apparatus, and system for presenting a program guide in response to a user request to stream a broadcast subject to a blackout is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system receives a media program request, and if the requested media program is blacked out, provides information from the requesting to device to present a program guide or other information available to the user in lieu of the unavailable streamed media program.

Dynamic slates for live streaming blackouts

A method and apparatus for managing a subscription to a plurality of content providers and the irretrievably referring users to an interface of the content provider to directly consume media programs provided by the content providers is disclosed. The method irretrievably passes users to content providers so that the user can view media programs from those content providers using the content provider's application, while providing a central source for users to locate media programs available from a plurality of content providers and to subscribe for access to such media programs. This construct permits content providers to retain control over the user viewing experience and to encourage the user to view further media programs from the same content provider.

Method and apparatus for managing provision of media programs directly from content providers

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Steven Arthur Thorpe