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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Siddharth Pandey, Irving, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Siddharth Pandey, Irving, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes presenting, by a media content delivery system, an advertisement for a media content instance that is accessible only at or after a scheduled release time, receiving, by the media content delivery system, a request input by a user to purchase access to the media content instance, and providing, by the media content delivery system in response to the received request, enhanced content associated with the media content instance for experiencing by the user before the scheduled release time. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.