Method and system of building a wanted list queue for a user in a content distribution system

US9137556B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DIRECTV, LLC · US

Inventors

• Romulo Pontual · Hermosa Beach, US
• John L. Norin · Redondo Beach, US
• Robert G. Arsenault · Redondo Beach, US
• Raynold M. Kahn · Los Angeles, US
• Sui-Ky Ringo Ling · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Luke J. Crook · Torrance, US
• John D. Choi · San Diego, US
• Michelle L. Vagnati · Los Angeles, US
• David Eric Shanks · Los Angeles, US
• Steven Kasakitis · Redondo Beach, US
• Eric J. Bennett · Los Angeles, US
• Kenny Chen · Willow View Lane, US
• Stephen P. Dulac · Santa Clarita, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2015
• Expiry date: May 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/84
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for communicating content to a user device includes a head end that communicates metadata for a plurality of content including the content titles. The system also includes the user device that generates a screen display comprising the plurality of content titles from the metadata and generates a selection corresponding to a first content title from a user interface, the user device adds metadata for the first content title to a queue and displays the queue in a priority order on the screen display. The user device is tuned to receive content corresponding to the first content title and stores the content in a storage device.