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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Applicant:
Marc J. Lawrence-apfelbaum, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Marc J. Lawrence-Apfelbaum, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Time Warner Cable, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an entertainment service providing on-demand programs over a broadband communications network, a user is allowed to view multiple programs in a continuous manner. The user's enjoyment of the entertainment service is enhanced especially when the on-demand programs are short, e.g., on-demand music videos which typically are a few minutes long. The user is provided with graphical user interfaces for selecting the desired programs to watch, and also allowed to determine the order in which the selected programs are to be played, which may be random.