# US 2014/0196063 A1 · Method for generating a menu for presenting audiovisual programs paid for by several users, device and computer program for implementing the method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196063 A1 - Document ID: US20140196063A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/150,442 - Filed: 2014-01-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-08 - Assignees: Orange - Applicants: Orange - Inventors: Loic Schorter; Jerome Gatefin; Camille Duperray; Wojtek Nowak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196063A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/2543: Billing {, e.g. for subscription services (payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21)} - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - G06Q 30/0603: {Catalogue creation or management} - H04N 21/4147: PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40}) - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method is provided for generating a presentation menu for presenting audio and audiovisual contents on the screen of a receiver, which are downloadable from a broadcasting network or from dedicated sites. A user selects accessible contents and makes payment to make these contents available at the receiver. The receiver retrieves information on availability of all the contents from the receiver and requests display of a presentation menu presenting a list of available contents. Thus each user gets to know all the available contents from the receiver, including those purchased by other users. The presentation menu can visually associate each document with the identity of the user who made the document available. The presentation menu can display an indication that the replay of an available content has already begun and has been interrupted at a certain point in time. This point in time is made available at the display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for generating a menu for presenting audio or audiovisual contents accessible by at least one digital network, comprising: receiving a set of identifiers of accessible contents capable, after payment, of being available at a receiver; retrieving information on availability of all the contents from the receiver; and generating signals for displaying on a display a menu presenting a list of all of said available contents. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the payment is done by several users making available certain contents for each of the users. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the display visually associates each document with an identity of a user who has made said document available from the receiver. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method for generating a menu according to claim 2, wherein the payments are made by different payment means. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method for generating a menu according to claim 2, wherein the display puts the available contents displayed into order according to the users having made the payment for paid said contents. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises managing the payments associated with the available contents, implemented by a server distinct from the receiver used for replay of the contents. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises downloading an available content into a memory of the receiver, which is intended to replay the available content, and erasing said content from the memory of the receiver when a duration of availability of this content has elapsed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises interrupting a replay of an available content and resuming the replay for a predetermined duration before a point at which the replay was interrupted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the list of available contents is stored in a smart card, and wherein displaying includes reading data memorized in the card to display the list of available contents on a receiver that is a reader of said card. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method for generating a menu according to claim 1, wherein the list of available contents comprises at least one indication pertaining to information elements on availability. ### Claim 11 Audiovisual receiver comprising: means for generating a menu for presenting audio or audiovisual contents accessible by at least one digital network; means for receiving a set of identifiers of the accessible contents; at least one means for paying to make available certain contents; and means for retrieving information on availability of all the contents from the receiver, said means for generating signals for displaying a menu being capable of presenting a list of all of said available contents. ### Claim 12 A computer-readable memory comprising a computer program stored thereon, which comprises program code instructions for implementing a method generating a menu for presenting audio or audiovisual contents accessible by at least one digital network, when this program is executed by a processor, wherein the method comprises the following steps performed by the processor as configured by the instructions: receiving a set of identifiers of accessible contents capable, after payment, of being available at a receiver; retrieving information on availability of all the contents from the receiver; and generating signals for displaying on a display a menu presenting a list of all of said available contents.