US 2003/0214912 A1 · System and method for the management of procurement and provisioning of video transmission services

Abstract

The present invention concerns a system for the management of procurement and provisioning of video transmission services. The system includes a database containing information related to video transmission services provided by a video service provider for a plurality of video service providers, a routing engine operatively associated with the database for calculating at least one route for routing a video service between video service providers based on selectable criteria, a cost engine operatively associated with the database for calculating a cost associated with each of the routes calculated by the routing engine, an ordering module for entering the criteria and a video transmission coordination module for delivering a video transmission service from origin to destination.

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Dependent claims

A system for the management of procurement and provisioning of video transmission services, comprising:

(a) a database containing information related to video transmission services provided by a video service provider for a plurality of video service providers;
(b) a routing engine operatively associated with said database for calculating at least one route for routing a video service between video service providers based on selectable criteria;
(c) a cost engine operatively associated with said database for calculating a cost associated with each of said at least one route calculated by said routing engine;
(d) an ordering module for entering said criteria;
and
(e) a video transmission coordination module for delivering a video transmission service from origin to destination.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/384,695Filed 11 Mar 2003

Priority

CA 2,375,37711 Mar 2002

Published

20 Nov 2003

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

H04N 21/2543
Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server: billing , e.g. for subscription services
H04N 7/165
Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing: centralised control of user terminal ;…
H04N 21/4622
Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or…:…
H04N 21/4782
Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application: web browsing , e.g. WebTV

System and method for the management of procurement and provisioning of video transmission services

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System and method for the management of procurement and provisioning of video transmission services

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