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US 9,003,438 B2Granted
Integrated advertising in video link aggregation system
AssigneeFrequency IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsMichael M. Gordon, Blair Harrison, Adrian K. Roston
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Abstract
Methods and systems for presentation of content through an interface to provide personalized video feeds to a user. A video feed is harvested from feed items gathered at various Internet sources. The feed items are filtered to remove those that do not link to video content. A criteria specified by the user is used to filter the feed items.
Claims20
A video processing system, stored on at least one server of a group of one or more servers, for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users, the video processing system comprising:
- a service feed that is:
- acquired from an Internet service, which is accessible from the Internet, acquired by at least one server in the group of one or more servers, and updated a plurality of times, wherein:
- the service feed comprises a plurality of feed items arranged in the service feed serially, and
- the plurality of feed items each include a first separately resolvable link to another content object available from the Internet;
- an aggregation system, comprising at least one server in the group of one or more servers, that is configured to:
- receive the service feed,
- remove from the service feed a plurality of non-video feed items that do not link to video content available from the Internet because the plurality of non-video feed items do not link to video content,
- identify a second server capable of providing a plurality of advertisements,
- request an advertisement from the second server, and
- receive an advertisement in response to the request, wherein the received advertisement is one of the plurality of advertisements;
- and
- a selective video feed, renderable on a video rendering device, comprising:
- a plurality of remaining feed items that exclude the plurality of non-video feed items, and
- the received advertisement.
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A method for providing personalized video content feeds from the Internet to users, the method comprising:
- acquiring, using at least one server of one or more servers, a first service feed, including a first plurality of feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet with a first Internet service;
- acquiring, using at least one server of the one or more servers, a second service feed, including a second plurality of feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet with a second Internet service, wherein the second Internet service is different from the first Internet service;
- requesting, using at least one server of the one or more servers, an advertisement from a server capable of providing a plurality of advertisements, wherein the requesting the advertisement from the server capable of providing the plurality of advertisements is based on a source of the first service feed, a publisher of a content object of the first service feed, or a content distributor of a content object of the first service feed;
- receiving, using at least one server of the one or more servers, an advertisement in response to the requesting, wherein the received advertisement is one of the plurality of advertisements;
- generating, using at least one server of the one or more servers, a selective feed, the selective feed comprising the first plurality of feed items, the second plurality of feed items, and the received advertisement;
- and
- sending, using at least one server of the one or more servers, the selective feed toward a user.
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A method for providing personalized video feeds gathered from the Internet to a user, the method comprising:
- receiving, using at least one server of one or more servers, selection of a first service feed, including a first plurality of feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet from a first Internet service;
- receiving, using at least one server of the one or more servers, selection of a second service feed, including a second plurality of feed items arranged serially that link to content objects, which are available from the Internet from a second Internet service;
- requesting, using at least one server of the one or more servers, an advertisement from a server capable of providing a plurality of advertisements, wherein the server capable of providing the plurality of advertisements is selected based on a source of the first service feed, a publisher of a content object of the first service feed, or a content distributor of a content object of the first service feed;
- receiving, using at least one server of the one or more servers, an advertisement in response to the requesting, wherein the received advertisement is one of the plurality of advertisements;
- generating, using at least one server of the one or more servers, a selective feed, the selective feed comprising a subset of the first plurality of feed items, a subset of the second plurality of feed items, and at least a portion of the advertisement;
- and
- sending, at least one server of the one or more servers, the selective feed toward the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.