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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
John K. Trimper, Groton, MA (US);
Sankar Subramanian, Ossining, NY (US);
Joseph G. Fragale, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Dwight W. Fronsdahl, Groton, MA (US);
Paul D. Heitlinger, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Rahul Kher, Lexington, MA (US);
Eric N. Klings, Freehold, NJ (US);
Dongchen Wang, Concord, MA (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user device receives, from a network device, a content index of content items available for presentation via a content distribution network. The user device presents a user interface to configure a personalized channel plan and receives, via the user interface, user input to configure the personalized channel plan. The personalized channel plan includes a schedule of selected content items, from the content index, for presentation on a remote viewing device. The user device sends, to a remote viewing device, presentation instructions for the personalized channel plan, wherein the instructions cause the viewing device to present the selected content items to the user.