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Systems and methods of providing a media-on-demand-based programming channel

US10206004B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC · US

Inventors

Brian F. Roberts · Dallas, US
Christina S. Siegfried · Fort Worth, US
Ann Gordon Prather · Dallas, US
Paul Bradley Bowers · Winfield, US
Imran Arif Maskatia · Palo Alto, US
Brandon Wright · Irving, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2013
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/8549
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary method includes a computer-implemented media service system 1) establishing a set of one or more conditions for a media-on-demand-based programming channel, 2) selecting, from a repository of on-demand media content and based on the set of one or more conditions, a set of on-demand media programs for inclusion in the media-on-demand-based programming channel, and 3) mapping the selected set of on-demand media programs to the media-on-demand-based programming channel to represent a scheduled, linear playback of the set of on-demand media programs on the media-on-demand-based programming channel in accordance with a linear playback schedule.

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