Intelligent URL system for recommending video programs
US9538261B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6581
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An addressing format, or intelligent Uniform Resource Locator (IURL), is used to direct users amongst content across disparate sources. Information about media content items available across the disparate sources is managed by a server which relates the media content items and the different sources from which a media content item may be accessed in a database. When a user desires to share media content, an iURL referencing the media content is generated for the user to share. When a given user selects the iURL, information about the content sources available to the given user in conjunction with the content referenced by the iURL are processed to determine a configuration of the content sources available to the given user (which often differs from the user having shared the content) to effect playback the media content.
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