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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
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
One or more network devices provide, to a user device, a content list of content items available for presentation. The one or more network devices receive, from the user device, a personalized channel plan that includes a schedule of selected content items, from the content list, for presentation on a viewing device that is different than the user device. The one or more network devices select, based on the selected content items, advertising for inclusion with the selected content items and assign links for the viewing device to obtain the selected content items. The one or more network devices send the links to the user device, which may in turn be provided to the viewing device.