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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
John Thomas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Prabhu Balasubramanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akash Hasmukh Parikh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Lee Thompson, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An internet-based content platform for providing subscription levels to channels are described. The internet-based content platform presents to an end user, a channel that includes a plurality of media items, a list of types of access to the plurality of media items, and a plurality of subscription levels associated with different subscription fees for different types of access. The channel is one of a plurality of channels of an internet-based content platform. The internet-based content platform receives a selection of one of the plurality of subscription levels for the channel. The internet-based content platform records the selected subscription level of the end user for the channel. The internet-based content platform provides a type of access to the plurality of media items of the channel for the end user according to the recorded subscription level of the end user for the channel.