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Method and system for delivery of content over communication networks

AssigneeIpar, LLC

InventorJoseph L. Spears

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for providing content to a user via communications between a content provider and a user Systems and methods include providing a plurality of pre-existing content items to a system; and using the system, controlling transmission of sub-portions of content to a user presentation device based on received control signals, said controlling including generating dynamic content as a result of received control signals and user created content received from the user, where said controlling further includes detecting that particular user created content is irrelevant, generating the dynamic content based on a determination that the particular user created content is irrelevant, and editing the dynamic content to incorporate the particular user created content despite the particular user created content being deemed irrelevant.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method of providing content, comprising:

providing a prompt for control signals including user defined content;
accessing a base version of the content, wherein the base version of the content comprises a plurality of pre-existing content items;
processing the user defined content to determine (i) whether the base version of the content can be transformed to include the user defined content and (ii) whether the user defined content is related to the base version of the content;
when said processing determines (i) that the base version content can be transformed and (ii) that the user defined content is not related to the base version of the content, generating dynamic content, wherein generating the dynamic content comprises incorporating the user defined content into one or more of the pre-existing content items;
controlling transmission based on the control signals, wherein controlling transmission includes transmitting one or more of the plurality of pre-existing content items and the dynamic content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/482,936Filed 9 Oct 2023 · continuation
Priority: 25 Aug 2010
Published: US 2024/0040212 A11 Feb 2024
Granted: 19 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 21/858
Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications: linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
G06F 15/0291
Adapted to a specific application: for reading, e.g. e-books
H04N 21/237
Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware: communication with additional data server
H04N 21/4316
Involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations: for displaying…

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