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US 8,510,303 B2Granted
Singular, collective and automated creation of a media guide for online content
AssigneeDivx, LLC
InventorsKourosh Soroushian, Dan Salmonsen, Porfirio Landeros, Shaiwal Priyadarshi, Francois Gravel
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided in which a content guide includes one or more tags associated with a single user, a group of users or a channel subscribed to by users that enables the retrieval of content for subsequent viewing and which can be supplemented by recommendations and data from other sources.
Claims21
A content guide system comprising:
- one or more content servers configured to provide access to content;
- a tag server including a searchable database of tags referencing accessible content stored on at least one content server, where the tag server is separate from the content servers;
- a tagging device in network communication with the tag server and the content server, wherein:
- the tagging device is configured to access content via at least one content server;
- the tagging device is configured to automatically generate at least one tag referencing the accessed content that is provided to the tag server for inclusion into the searchable database of tags;
- and
- the tagging device is separate from the content server and tag server;
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- a playback device separate from the content server and tag server in network communication with the tag server and the content server, wherein:
- the playback device is configured to display a content guide comprising tags retrieved from the tag server;
- the playback device is configured to access the content referenced by the selected tag utilizing the content server;
- the playback device is configured to receive a content recommendation;
- the playback device is configured to request a tag referencing content to be added to the database based on the content recommendation;
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- the playback device is separate from the content server and tag server.
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A method of accessing content distributed throughout a network, the method comprising:
- accessing content via at least one content server using a tagging device, where the tagging device is separate from the at least one content server;
- generating at least one tag referencing the accessed content using the tagging device;
- providing the at least one tag to a tag server for inclusion into a searchable database of tags using the tagging device, where the tag sever is separate from the content server and the tagging device;
- displaying a content guide comprising tags retrieved from the tag server using a playback device, where the playback device is separate from the content server and the tag server;
- accessing the content referenced by a selected tag using the playback device;
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- receiving a content recommendation using the playback device;
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- requesting a tag referencing content to be added to the searchable database of tags based on the content recommendation using the playback device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.