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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Anthony A. Shah-nazaroff, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moore, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Christopher D. Williams, Soquel, CA (US);
Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moore, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Christopher D. Williams, Soquel, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for ordering entertainment programs from different programming transmission sources. A selection is received from an entertainment system to buy an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission. The purchase is automatically coordinated and the upgraded media feature is automatically provided for the programming by a server system. The server system bills a client for services performed by the server system and provides billing information about the client to at least one of a plurality of programming transmission sources that provided the programming transmission.