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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10206004 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2013

Systems and methods of providing a media-on-demand-based programming channel

Applicant:

Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);

Christina S. Siegfried, Irving, TX (US);

Ann Gordon Prather, Dallas, TX (US);

Paul Bradley Bowers, Winfield, IL (US);

Imran Arif Maskatia, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Brandon N. Wright, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Samira Monshi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G11B 27/28 (2006.01); H04N 9/79 (2006.01); G11B 27/02 (2006.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 17/30861 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G11B 27/02 (2013.01); G11B 27/28 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 9/7921 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented media service system 1) establishing a set of one or more conditions for a media-on-demand-based programming channel, 2) selecting, from a repository of on-demand media content and based on the set of one or more conditions, a set of on-demand media programs for inclusion in the media-on-demand-based programming channel, and 3) mapping the selected set of on-demand media programs to the media-on-demand-based programming channel to represent a scheduled, linear playback of the set of on-demand media programs on the media-on-demand-based programming channel in accordance with a linear playback schedule.

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