Method and system for delivering video content from multiple platforms to subscribers

A system for providing video content to a subscriber, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions that, when executed, cause one or more of the processors to implement a content delivery interface at an electronic device by:
• presenting an identifying symbol for each user-selectable channel of a plurality of user-selectable channels in a first row of the content delivery interface, the user-selectable channels being served by a plurality of different over-the-top video content sources to which the user subscribes and are not under any control of the service provider;
• presenting a first playlist of first identifying information for video assets available from a first channel of the user-selectable channels in a second row of the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the plurality of user-selectable channels in the first row of the content delivery interface;
• receiving a user input selecting the identifying symbol associated with a second channel from the plurality of user-selectable channels that is of interest to the user;
• in response to the user input, performing the following operations:
• identifying a device type for the electronic device;
• and
• generating a second playlist by:
• identifying a set of video assets that are available for the second channel,
• selecting, from the set of video assets, a subset of the video assets that satisfy one or more personalization criteria, and
• removing, from the subset, any video assets that are not available from any delivery address in a format that is compatible with the device type;
• causing the second playlist to include second identifying information for any remaining video assets in the subset;
• dynamically replacing the first playlist with the second playlist comprising the second identifying information for the remaining video assets in the subset, the second playlist being presented in a second row of the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the plurality of user-selectable channels in the first row of the content delivery interface;
• identifying, from the second playlist, second identifying information associated with a first video asset to be presented to the user via the electronic device;
• determining a delivery address from which the first video asset may be served in a format that is compatible with the device type;
• and
• causing the first video asset as served from the delivery address to be presented in the content delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for plurality of user-selectable channels and the second playlist in the content delivery interface;
• wherein each of the first and second identifying information comprises at least one of visual images and graphic symbols.

A method of providing video content to a subscribing user, comprising, by one or more processors:

• causing an electronic device to output a content delivery interface that comprises
• a first row in which an identifying symbol for each user-selectable channel of a plurality of user-selectable channels is presented, the user-selectable channels being served by over-the-top video content sources that are not under any control of a service provider of the content delivery interface, and
• a second row in which a first playlist of first identifying information for video assets available from a first channel of the user-selectable channels is presented concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the plurality of user-selectable channels;
• receiving a user input selecting the identifying symbol associated with a second channel from the plurality of user-selectable channels in the first row that is of interest to the user;
• in response to the user input, dynamically replacing the first playlist with a second playlist of second identifying information for video assets available from the selected second channel;
• selecting, from the second playlist second identifying information associated with video asset available from the second channel that is to be presented to the user via the content delivery interface;
• identifying a device type for the electronic device;
• identify a first group of delivery addresses associated with an over-the-top video content source of the over-the-top content sources that serves the selected second channel, wherein each delivery address in the group is capable of serving the first video asset;
• selecting, from the group of delivery addresses, a delivery address from which the first video asset may be served;
• and
• causing the first video asset as served from the delivery address to be presented in a video display portion of the control delivery interface concurrently with the presentation of the identifying symbols for the plurality of user-selectable channels and the second playlist in the content delivery interface;
• wherein each of the first and second identifying information comprises at least one of visual images and graphic symbols.