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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
John J. Sie, Englewood, CO (US);
Ganesh Basawapatna, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Martin F. Sabraw, Englewood, CO (US);
John J. Sie, Englewood, CO (US);
Ganesh Basawapatna, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Martin F. Sabraw, Englewood, CO (US);
Starz Entertainment, LLC, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to delivering a program to an individual business or residence. In one embodiment, a process for distributing a program sent by a content distributor to a user location is described. A command from the content distributor is received and processed that requests storage of the program at the user location. The user location receives the program and stores the program. The storing is performed in response to at least the processing of the command. A user action related to the program is detected after storage of the program.