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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Martin A. Busse, Woburn, MA (US);
Wei Xia, Sudbury, MA (US);
John F. Gallagher, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Martin A. Busse, Woburn, MA (US);
Wei Xia, Sudbury, MA (US);
John F. Gallagher, Hopewell, NJ (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
One or more network devices receive, from a third-party system, catalog metadata for physical media assets available to order and combine the catalog metadata with catalog entries for digital content to form a unified catalog file. The one or more devices receive, from a user device, a request to view a directory of available video content and send, to the user device, the unified catalog file for presentation to a user. The one or more devices receive, from the user device, a selection of an item in the unified catalog file. The one or more devices provide, to the user device, video content corresponding to the selection when the selection corresponds to one of the catalog entries for digital content and provide, to the third-party system and via a billing gateway, user payment information when the selection corresponds to the catalog metadata for one of the physical media assets.