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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:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, Llc, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Seldron D. Geziben, Wayland, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/4662 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device obtains a first number of stars associated with a fan rating of a first asset by a first user, and obtains a total first number of fan reviews of the first asset. The network device obtains a first release year associated with the first asset, and determines a first sorting value based on a function of the first number of stars, the total first number of reviews, and the first release year. The network device sorts the first asset among other assets using the determined first sorting value.