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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2012
Applicants:

Chi Fai Ho, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shin Cheung Simon Chiu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chi Fai Ho, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shin Cheung Simon Chiu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

TP Lab, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/6408 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6408 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/47208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for immediate distribution of a purchased consumer video includes an online video portal, which includes a video receiver and a video server. The video receiver connects to the online video merchant over a video distribution network and receives a consumer video from an online video merchant. The consumer video is purchased by a consumer from the online video merchant over a commerce network. The video receiver stores the consumer video in a consumer datastore. The video server connects to a television set of the consumer over a dedicated television channel of a television network. The video server retrieves the stored consumer video from the consumer datastore and sends the consumer video to a television set of the consumer over a dedicated television channel. The consumer video is distributed immediately after the consumer video is received from the online video merchant and stored in the consumer datastore.


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