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US 7,069,575 B1Granted
System for interactively distributing information services
AssigneeSedna Patent Services, LLC
InventorsChrostopher W. B. Goode, Tobie J. LaRocca
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Abstract
In an interactive information distribution system that utilizes open sessions to provide requested information to users, a method for sharing the use of open sessions between a plurality of set top terminals associated with a common account number or user.
Claims19
In an interactive information distribution system utilizing an open session to provide requested information, a method comprising:
- (a) receiving a title selection request from a set top terminal;
- and
- (b) if the title selection request is an initial request for said title by said set top terminal, performing the steps of:
- opening a session with said set top terminal including determining, at a network management system, a use time associated with said requested title;
- sending the determined use time to a session control manager;
- monitoring, at said session control manager, said use time associated with said requested title;
- streaming said requested title to said set top terminal for display within constraints of said use time;
- and
- (c) if the title selection request is a subsequent request for said title of a previously terminated session with said set top terminal existing, performing the steps of:
- restoring said terminated session;
- and
- providing said requested title to said set top terminal if said use time associated with said requested title has not expired.
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