Interactive video distribution system with content similarity matching
US10176257B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8405
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interactive video distribution system can distribute video content to customer premises of a service provide. Content servers store video content items received from content providers. A content management server maintains a content index including content metadata describing the video content items. A request for content is received from customer premises equipment of a customer premises via a content distribution network. An iterative matching process is performed to match the request with content metadata in the content index to identify a matching video content item to deliver to the customer premises equipment in response to the request.
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