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US 8,266,660 B2Granted
Portal for future episode information
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorSyed Zafar Beyabani
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Abstract
A device receives, from a set-top box (STB) and/or a user device, usage information associated with video content, and determines a content portal for a particular video content based on the received usage information. The device also provides, to the STB and/or the user device, the content portal for display, and receives, from the STB and/or the user device, selection of an option associated with the content portal. The device further provides information associated with the selected option to the STB and/or the user device for display and/or storage.
Claims25
A computing device-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by the computing device and from one or more of a set-top box (STB) or a user device, usage information associated with video content;
- determining, by the computing device, a content portal for a particular video content based on the received usage information;
- providing for display, by the computing device and to the one or more of the STB or the user device, an episode associated with the particular video content;
- determining, by the computing device, that the episode, associated with the particular video content, being provided for display is finished;
- providing, by the computing device and to one or more of the STB or the user device, the content portal for display based on determining that the episode associated with the particular video content being provided for display is finished, the content portal including information associated with a future episode of the particular video content;
- receiving, by the computing device and from one or more of the STB or the user device, selection of an option associated with the content portal;
- and
- providing for display, by the computing device, information associated with the selected option to one or more of the STB or the user device.
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A device, comprising:
- a memory to store a plurality of instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute instructions in the memory to:
- receive, from one or more of a set-top box (STB) or a user device, usage information associated with television programming,
- determine a content portal for a particular television program based on the received usage information,
- provide for display, to the one or more of the STB or the user device, an episode associated with the particular video content;
- determine that the episode associated with the particular television program being provided for display is finished,
- provide, to one or more of the STB or the user device, the content portal for display based on determining that the episode associated with the particular television program being provided for display is finished, the content portal including information associated with a future episode of the particular television program,
- receive, from one or more of the STB or the user device, selection of an option associated with the content portal, and
- provide information associated with the selected option to one or more of the STB or the user device for display.
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A system, comprising:
- a server to:
- receive, from a device, usage information associated with television programming,
- determine a content portal for a particular television program based on the received usage information,
- provide for display, to the device, an episode associated with the particular television program;
- determine that the episode associated with the particular television program being provided for display is finished,
- provide for display, to the device, the content portal based on determining that the episode associated with the particular television program being provided for display is finished, the content portal including information associated with a future episode of the particular television program,
- receive, from the device, selection of an option associated with the content portal, and
- provide, to the device, information associated with the selected option.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.