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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert A. Knee, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael L. Craner, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Assignee:
ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 5/913 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/6336 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 5/913 (2013.01); H04N 7/1675 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/42623 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6336 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 2005/91328 (2013.01);
Abstract
On-demand systems and methods are provided to manage locally-stored on-demand content. A user's equipment controls the deletion of and/or access to on-demand content from a local storage device based on constraining criteria that may include rental conditions, dynamic factors, and keys.