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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Matthew W. Dunn, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which enables viewers to select criteria for grouping various video content programs (e.g., movies, games, TV shows, etc.) into manageable sets for convenient review. Once grouped, the previews or “trailers” for the set of programs are displayed. The VOD application permits the viewer to browse the trailers at their own rate, skipping forward to the next trailer or backward to the previous trailer. If the viewer settles on a particular program, the VOD application also allows the user to rent the program immediately from the trailer being displayed on their television set, without returning to a menu or other order screen.