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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Vudu, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Char, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas Brailas, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony Marcar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Ye, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oleksiy Kokhanyy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hua Li, Fremont, CA (US);
VUDU, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for giving access to streaming media that is associated with purchased physical media item is disclosed herein. Upon the purchase of a physical media item, a unique identifier is received. The unique identifier is analyzed to determine if the unique identifier is associated with a streaming service account. If so, the streaming service account is modified to grant access to streaming media that is associated with the physical media. The user is notified of the availability of the streaming media. The user can then initiate playback of the streaming media. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.