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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:
Nov. 12, 2013

Filed:

May. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Francis J. Kane, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian Goldstein, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrej Gregov, Seattle, WA (US);

Jordan M. Hay, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Francis J. Kane, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian Goldstein, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrej Gregov, Seattle, WA (US);

Jordan M. Hay, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

IMDb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating access to content using availability information. Content programs are determined based at least in part on a prior selection of one or more of the content programs from a content catalog by a user. Content availability data is obtained from multiple content providers. Availabilities of each content program are determined based at least in part on the content availability data. A user interface is generated that presents the respective availabilities of each of the content programs through the corresponding interfaces of some or all of the content providers.


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