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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Raul I. Aldrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Frisco, TX (US);
Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewsiville, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Bradford A. Jackvony, Reading, MA (US);
Don Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);
Raul I. Aldrey, Dallas, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Frisco, TX (US);
Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewsiville, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Bradford A. Jackvony, Reading, MA (US);
Don Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A methods and systems are provided for presenting one or more topic specific portals. A portal may present various content relating to a common topic. The content may be episodes of a television show, movies, products, games, songs, images, and general information about the topic. The topic may be the television show, a movie studio, an actor, a company, or a particular genre or theme. A service provider may deliver the portal in an interactive programming guide sent to the set top boxes of its subscribers. The portal may be interactive such that subscribers may order or watch the content presented on the portal. A content provider may create or edit the portals and send the portals to the service provider. The delivery of the portal to the service provider by the content provider may be through an application programming interface.