Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Subramanyam Manda

Arjun Baskaran

Kunthunathan Virushabadoss

Aarif Mohamed Hussain

Nazeer Mahaboobjan

A system receives, from a first user device associated with a giver, a request for a video-on-demand (VOD) gift, wherein the request identifies a recipient and a VOD selection. The system creates a billing event corresponding to the VOD gift, for an account associated with the giver, and generates a coupon code for the VOD gift. The coupon code is associated with the identified recipient and the VOD selection. The system sends, to a second user device associated with the recipient, an indication of the VOD gift that includes the coupon code. The system receives, from a third user device associated with the recipient, the coupon code and provides, to the third user device, information to enable access to VOD content corresponding to the coupon code.

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Hyderabad Telangana, India

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