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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Srirama Kalidindi, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Sanjay Ahuja, Irving, TX (US);

John Trimper, Groton, MA (US);

Laxmi A. Arte, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Srirama Kalidindi, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Sanjay Ahuja, Irving, TX (US);

John Trimper, Groton, MA (US);

Laxmi A. Arte, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/2225 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/0618 (2013.01); H04N 21/2225 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded.


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