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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:
Jan. 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:

Ken Young, Kanata, CA;

Gary Southwell, Westford, MA (US);

Mike Drew, Woodlawn, CA;

Tim Jenkins, Kinburn, CA;

Morteza Ghodrat, Kanata, CA;

Martin Bijman, Stittsville, CA;

Inventors:

Ken Young, Kanata, CA;

Gary Southwell, Westford, MA (US);

Mike Drew, Woodlawn, CA;

Tim Jenkins, Kinburn, CA;

Morteza Ghodrat, Kanata, CA;

Martin Bijman, Stittsville, CA;

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04B 1/66 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for the collection, analysis, utilization, and/or reporting of user preference of content experienced by the user preferably for managing the distribution network of a content delivery environment, managing the selections of content available, reporting user selections of content available, and/or execution of user instructions as presented in the content.


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