US 2010/0146568 A1 · VOD OFFERINGS BASED ON POPULAR DEMAND

Abstract

A system includes a set-top box and a server for a subscription television service. The set-top box includes a processor to receive a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion from a user and send, to the server, the VOD programming suggestion. The server includes a processor to receive the VOD programming suggestion, compile the VOD programming suggestion with other VOD programming suggestions from other set-top boxes, and send a notification to the set-top box that the VOD programming suggestion has been added to the list of available VOD programming for the subscription television service.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method performed by a set-top box, comprising:

receiving, from a user of a subscription television service, a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion;
automatically sending, to a server, the VOD programming suggestion;
receiving, from the server, a notification that a program corresponding to the VOD programming suggestion is available for purchase;
and
presenting the availability of the program corresponding to the VOD programming suggestion to the user.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/330,093Filed 8 Dec 2008

Published

10 Jun 2010

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

H04N 21/47202
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content…: for…
H04N 21/252
Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies: processing of multiple end-users' preferences…
H04N 21/25891
Management of end-user data: being end-user preferences
H04N 21/475
End-user applications: end-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data

Vod offerings based on popular demand

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Vod offerings based on popular demand

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Abstract

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