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US 2008/0178241 A1Published application
System and method for viewing video episodes
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorChristopher Gilboy
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Abstract
A system and method relates to the use of a viewing history of a set of related and sequential video episodes to determine a video episode to be played on an video receiving unit.
Claims30
A video server comprising a configuration to:
- receive from a video receiving unit a request to transmit a video episode;
- determine from a viewing history the video episode, out of a plurality of related and sequential video episodes, to transmit to the video receiving unit;
- and
- transmit the video episode to the video receiving unit.
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A Set Top Box (STB) comprising a configuration to:
- send to a video server a request to transmit a video episode to the STB;
- receive the video episode from the video server;
- and
- display the video episode on a display unit associated with the STB;
- wherein the video episode is an episode of a plurality of related and sequential episodes.
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A personal wireless mobile communication device comprising a configuration to:
- send to a video server a request to transmit a video episode to the personal wireless mobile communication device;
- receive the video episode from the video server;
- and
- display the video episode on a display unit associated with the personal wireless mobile communication device;
- wherein the video episode is an episode of a plurality of related and sequential episodes.
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A machine readable medium including instructions that when executed by a machine execute a process comprising:
- sending to a video server a request to transmit a video episode to a personal wireless mobile communication device;
- receiving the video episode from the video server;
- and
- displaying the video episode on a display unit associated with the personal wireless mobile communication device;
- wherein the video episode is an episode of a plurality of related and sequential episodes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.