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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Wei Ada Cho, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen R. Husak, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Liang Ge, Duvall, WA (US);
Aamer Hydrie, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/26291 (2013.01); H04N 21/26603 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aggregating media content catalog data from a plurality of content providers. The catalog data is merged according to rules and provided to a user on a scheduled basis or on demand. In an embodiment, the merged catalog data represents an incremental update to previously delivered catalog data.