US 11,451,843 B2Granted

Authenticated content discovery

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorJohn C. Simmons

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Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to facilitating the discovery of authenticated content from a variety of sources. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a plurality of authentication tokens from the media presentation device, where each of the plurality of authentication tokens represents an established authenticated relationship between a user and a corresponding content source. The method further comprises receiving a request from the media presentation device for an electronic programming guide and sending the electronic programming guide to the media presentation device, where the electronic programming guide comprises a listing of content from a plurality of content sources corresponding to the plurality of authentication tokens.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method of providing electronic programming guide (EPG) data to a first media presentation device comprising:

receiving a first registration information from the first media presentation device;
receiving an identification of a first content source from the first media presentation device;
obtaining, from at least one of the first registration information or the identification of the first content source, a first user digital identity of a first user;
receiving a second registration information from a second media presentation device that is different than the first media presentation device;
receiving an identification of a second content source from the second media presentation device, the second content source differing from the first content source;
obtaining, from at least one of the second registration information or the identification of the second content source, the first user digital identity of the first user;
federating information regarding the first media presentation device with information regarding the second media presentation device based on the obtaining the first user digital identity from both the first and second media presentation devices;
generating an EPG comprising content from both the first and second content sources based on the federated information;
and
providing the EPG to the first media presentation device.

7 more elements

One or more electronic programming guide (EPG) servers, in aggregate comprising:

one or more logic subsystems;
and
one or more data-holding subsystems, at least some of which hold instructions executable by at least some of the logic subsystems to:
receive a first registration information from a first media presentation device;
receive an identification of a first content source from the first media presentation device;
obtain, from at least one of the first registration information or the identification of the first content source, a first user digital identity of a first user;
receive a second registration information from a second media presentation device that is different than the first media presentation device;
receive an identification of a second content source from the second media presentation device, the second content source differing from the first content source;
obtain, from at least one of the second registration information or the identification of the second content source, the first user digital identity of the first user;
federate information regarding the first media presentation device with information regarding the second media presentation device based on the obtaining the first user digital identity from both the first and second media presentation devices;
generate an EPG comprising content from both the first and second content sources based on the federated information;
and
provide the EPG to the first media presentation device.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/322,816Filed 17 May 2021 · continuation
Priority: 5 Oct 2010
Published: US 2021/0274233 A12 Sep 2021
Granted: 20 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04N 21/25816
Management of client data: involving client authentication
H04N 21/235
Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware: processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of…
H04N 21/472
End-user applications: end-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content,…
H04N 21/482
End-user applications: end-user interface for programme selection

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Application12/898,553Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Oct 2010
Application15/262,872Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Sep 2016
US 9,445,139 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Sep 2016
Application16/415,376Parent of this continuation · filed 17 May 2019
US 10,306,281 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 28 May 2019
US 2021/0274233 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Sep 2021
US 11,012,729 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2012/0084804 A1Published application
US 2016/0381406 A1Published application
US 2019/0273959 A1Published application
US 11,451,843 B2This patent

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