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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Siddharth Pandey, Irving, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Raul I. Aldrey, Plano, TX (US);
Siddharth Pandey, Irving, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Raul I. Aldrey, Plano, TX (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods and systems for providing enhanced content by way of a virtual channel are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem providing a virtual channel, associating the virtual channel with a content provider, receiving enhanced content to be provided by way of the virtual channel from the content provider, associating one or more selectable triggers with the virtual channel, and providing a user with access to the enhanced content in response to a selection by the user of one of the one or more selectable triggers. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.