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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPhilip Ted Kortum, Marc Andrew Sullivan
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Abstract
A particular method includes searching a database associated with a content provider. The database includes content items available from the content provider as well as content items that are not available from the content provider. The database is searched based on a search query received from a set-top box to generate a list of content items. The list of content items includes at least one entry corresponding to a particular content item that is unavailable and includes a feedback control. The method further includes receiving a request that the content provider make the particular content item available and automatically determining to acquire rights to provide access to the particular content item based at least in part on the request.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- at a server associated with a content provider, receiving a search query from a set-top box;
- querying a database based on the search query to generate a list of content items, wherein at least one entry in the list of content items corresponds to a particular content item that is unavailable from the content provider, the at least one entry including a feedback control;
- transmitting the list of content items to the set-top box;
- receiving a request via the feedback control that the content provider make the particular content item available;
- automatically determining to provide access to the particular content item based at least in part on the request and a frequency of inclusion of the particular content item in a plurality of search queries received at the server;
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- providing access to the particular content item subsequent to automatically determining to provide access to the particular content item.
A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a search query from a set-top box;
- query a database based on the search query to generate a list of content items, wherein at least one entry in the list of content items corresponds to a particular content item that is unavailable from a content provider and includes a feedback control;
- transmit the list of content items to the set-top box;
- receive a request via the feedback control that the content provider make the particular content item available;
- and
- automatically determine to provide access to the particular content item based at least in part on the request and a frequency of inclusion of the particular content item in a plurality of search queries received from one or more set-top boxes;
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- providing access to the particular content item subsequent to determining to provide access to the particular content item.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- at a server associated with a content provider, receiving a search query from a set-top box;
- querying a database based on the search query to generate a list of content items, wherein at least one entry in the list of content items corresponds to a content item that is unavailable from the content provider, the at least one entry including a feedback control;
- transmitting the list of content items to the set-top box;
- receiving a request via the feedback control for the content provider to make the particular content item available;
- automatically determining to provide access to the particular content item based at least in part on the request and a frequency of inclusion of the particular content item in a plurality of content item lists transmitted to one or more set-top boxes;
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- providing access to the particular content item subsequent to automatically determining to provide access to the particular content item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.