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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:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Nagaviswas Ventrapragada, Coppell, TX (US);

Nageswara Raju Dachiraju, Irving, TX (US);

Jesus Martinez, Coppell, TX (US);

Mukunda P. Raju, Irving, TX (US);

Tulasi Kumar Neeli, Irving, TX (US);

Rajasekhar V. Tulasi, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device provides, to a user device, a list of on demand content available for purchase or rental from the device, and receives, from the user device, an indication of a selected on demand content from the list of on demand content. The device provides, to the user device, points-based purchase or rental options for the selected on demand content, and the points-based purchase or rental options include points associated with a loyalty program provided by the device for a user of the user device. The device receives, from the user device, a selected points-based option from the points-based purchase or rental options, and provides the selected on demand content to the user device based on the selected points-based option.


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