| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 725008000 | Having variable cost or free preview period | 19 |
| 20100037249 | Supplying Video Data to Mobile Devices - Video data is supplied from a plurality of video material suppliers ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100205625 | DYNAMIC PRICING FOR PAY-PER-VIEW EVENTS - A method performed by one or more devices within a subscription television network that offers pay-per-view programming to viewers includes receiving criteria for triggering dynamic pricing discounts for a pay-per-view event and establishing, based on the received criteria, dynamic prices for the pay-per-view event. The method also includes offering, to the viewers over the subscription television network, the pay-per-view event at one of the established dynamic prices. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110154383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND CONSUMPTION OF BROADBAND SERVICES - An approach is provided to facilitate network connectivity and consumption of broadband services. A data network connection is established by a set-top box. Sharing of the data network connection by a plurality of user devices is permitted by the set-top box. A credit count is maintained based on the sharing of the data network connection by the plurality of user devices. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120066703 | Control-based Content Pricing - In an implementation of control-based content pricing, a content server distributes media content to a client device in response to a request from the client device to receive the media content. A valuation application allocates a cost to the client device when the media content is distributed to the client device. The content server receives a view control input from the client device that indicates how the media content is to be rendered and the valuation application adjusts the cost according to the view control input and how the media content is to be rendered. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20130139192 | MONETIZING THIRD-PARTY RECOMMENDED VIDEO CONTENT - A method for monetizing third-party recommended content is provided. The method includes receiving a programming feed from a recommender, receiving information regarding one or more items of advertising content from one or more advertising publishers, scheduling recording of video content identified in the programming feed for a user that follows the programming feed, sending the information regarding the one or more items of advertising content to a client device of the user, and receiving information regarding user playback actions that occurred during presentation of the video content identified in the programming feed and the advertising content. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130276005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ZAPPING ADVERTISEMENT SERVICE - Disclosed herein are a method and a system for a zapping advertisement service, and more particularly, a method and a system for providing various kinds of advertisement services targeted to a content recipient to an advertiser wanting a zapping advertisement and effectively exposing the zapping advertisement to the content recipient. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention provides additional information corresponding to the zapping advertisement according to a user request when the zapping advertisement is provided for zapping time generated at the time of switching a channel and maximizing an advertisement effect for the zapping time by repeatedly providing corresponding zapping advertisements, or continuously providing the zapping advertisement associated therewith at the time of switching the screen. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140040926 | IN-HOME ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA STREAMING VIEWERS HEADCOUNT-BASED PRICING MODEL - The method and system of the present invention allows the media content providers to count the number of people watching the media content being streamed and apply the viewer headcount pricing model like how it is done in the movie theaters to capture revenues lost at the movie theaters from streaming video content directly to the home. The central component of the viewer headcount pricing model is the utilization of the facial recognition range camera and/or motion sensor to determine the number of viewers and charge the customers by the headcount. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING TRANSMISSION SOURCES - The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission. The server system automatically coordinates purchasing the media feature from a programming transmission source and providing the media feature from the programming transmission source. In one embodiment, an entertainment system includes a user interface from which a viewer selects an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission, wherein the programming transmission with the upgraded media feature is provided to the entertainment system. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140123161 | VIDEO PRESENTATION INTERFACE WITH ENHANCED NAVIGATION FEATURES - A system and technique for simultaneously presenting multiple, content object data streams on a user interface in a manner which encourages multidimensional browsing using directional navigation commands from a traditional remote control allows a viewer to select from live broadcast content, previously recorded content, and content which has yet to be recorded. According to another aspect of the disclosure, a viewer may view in a time shifted manner, not only previously recorded content, but any advertisements or commercials contained in, including possibly skipping an advertisement, if the profile associated with the viewer has earned enough viewing credit to perform such activity. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140130069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIDEO FOR A VIEWING SYSTEM FROM MULTIPLE VIDEO ELEMENTS - A video processing system located at a remote location such as a TV broadcasting station or an Internet media server stores a plurality of video elements at that are delivered to a viewing system located at a viewer's premises. The video processing system is capable of receiving a selection request comprising two or more video elements or subsets thereof, wherein the subsets are regions of interest or portions of the corresponding video elements. The video processing system constructs a custom video by combining them based on the viewer' selection and using the region of interest that are provided, and forwards the custom video to the viewing system. Billing based on record of usage is also supported for the custom video. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140137141 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT VIEWING USING ADVERTISEMENT CREDIT - An alternative system and method for charging to provide audio visual services typically made available by providers, namely DVR services, rDVR services, on-demand services, broadcast and switch video television services, and pay-per-view services, for example. A customer/user may be enabled to access certain services from a provider in exchange for viewing one or more commercials, advertisements, overlays, watermarks, logos, or the like, preferably in real time, before, during, or following viewing an audio visual work provided in accordance with the services. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140173640 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT IN THE DIGITAL TELEVISION ENVIRONMENT - A method for targeted advertisement includes storing a profile tag associated with each user in a device maintained by that user. Each profile tag includes the demographic information of its associated user. A multitude of target tags are also transmitted to the users. Each target tag is associated with an advertiser and includes the demographic information of the users. The advertisements and their corresponding target tags are transmitted and cached in the devices maintained by the users. The number of matches between the target tags and the user profiles are supplied to their respective advertisers. The advertisers use the matching number to modify the prices they are willing to offer for the commercial break. The target tags include information that is used to select one of the cached advertisement for playing during the commercial break. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140196064 | Content Marketplace And Customization Of Content Acquisition - Aspects of the disclosure relate to customization of content acquisition in a content marketplace. Such customization can provide access that is user-specific. In one aspect, the content marketplace can permit a consumer to inspect (e.g., browse or search) and acquire content offerings by customizing the user's access package using one or more user devices and according to various price propositions. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20150382058 | Rakestraw advertising, marketing, and promotions business model - A method for creating discounts. In using this method with commercials, ( | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160014441 | Technique for Providing a Virtual Digital Video Recorder Service Through a Communications Network | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160021409 | EXCLUDING SPECIFIC APPLICATION TRAFFIC FROM CUSTOMER CONSUMPTION DATA - Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for excluding specific application traffic from customer consumption-based data billing counts. This is useful for excluding traffic from consumption totals where the application traffic has been accounted for using other means, such as through billing as a separate or technically distinct service. In practice, a tablet computer (or other end user device) can run a video application that uses a high-speed data network via a cable modem. This video application may be included as part of a core video package associated with a distinct cable television service. The system then provides accurate consumption billing of customer traffic that is outside of any other managed services by creating separate logical data service flows at a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) for excluding specific traffic counts. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160037216 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gateway having a controller operable to receive media content from first and second service providers where the first and second service providers deliver the media content to the gateway using different transport protocols, provide the media content from the gateway to a plurality of display devices without utilizing a set top box, receive a request for a service associated with a third service provider where the request is received at the gateway, receive an application resource bundle at the gateway to implement the requested service where the application resource bundle is received from a server associated with one of the first, second and third service providers, and implement the service without identifying the third service provider. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160080786 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT VIEWING USING ADVERTISEMENT CREDIT - An alternative system and method for charging to provide audio visual services typically made available by providers, namely DVR services, rDVR services, on-demand services, broadcast and switch video television services, and pay-per-view services, for example. A customer/user may be enabled to access certain services from a provider in exchange for viewing one or more commercials, advertisements, overlays, watermarks, logos, or the like, preferably in real time, before, during, or following viewing an audio visual work provided in accordance with the services. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160150257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND BROADCASTING A CHANNEL TO ONE OR MORE DEVICE - Disclosed is a system to present channels at a channel store accessible by devices in accordance with various embodiments. In an aspect, the system can comprise a transcoding component that converts the information corresponding to the set of channels from a system format and a system specification to converted information comprising a first format and a first specification of a first device and a second format and a second specification of a second device; a transmission component that transmits at least the converted information via a broadcast signal or a video data stream to an application comprising a channel store, wherein the channel store is accessible by the first device and the second device; a presentation component that presents a set of channel cards and channel metadata via a user interface of the channel store, wherein the set of channel cards represent corresponding ones of the set of channels. | 05-26-2016 |
