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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:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Aarif Mohamed Hussain, Chennai, IN;

Subramanyam Manda, Hyderabad, IN;

Kunthunathan Virushabadoss, Chennai, IN;

Nazeer Mahaboobjan, Chennai, IN;

Arjun Baskaran, Chennai, IN;

Inventors:

Aarif Mohamed Hussain, Chennai, IN;

Subramanyam Manda, Hyderabad, IN;

Kunthunathan Virushabadoss, Chennai, IN;

Nazeer Mahaboobjan, Chennai, IN;

Arjun Baskaran, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2542 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04N 21/4784 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system receives, from a first user device associated with a giver, a request for a video-on-demand (VOD) gift, wherein the request identifies a recipient and a VOD selection. The system creates a billing event corresponding to the VOD gift, for an account associated with the giver, and generates a coupon code for the VOD gift. The coupon code is associated with the identified recipient and the VOD selection. The system sends, to a second user device associated with the recipient, an indication of the VOD gift that includes the coupon code. The system receives, from a third user device associated with the recipient, the coupon code and provides, to the third user device, information to enable access to VOD content corresponding to the coupon code.


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