Content publishing for personalized content aggregation platform

US9948984B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• John K. Trimper · Groton, US
• Michael P. Ruffini · Methuen, US
• Sankar Subramanian · Cupertino, US
• Joseph G. Fragale · Ridgewood, US
• Dwight W. Fronsdahl · San Jose, US
• Paul D. Heitlinger · Rodgau, DE
• Rahul Kher · Lexington, US
• Eric Klings · Freehold, US
• Dongchen Wang · Concord, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/8586
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Network devices provide, to a content source device, an uplink user interface to describe and upload video content. The network devices receive, via the uplink user interface, descriptive information for the video content and generate, based on the descriptive information received via the uplink user interface, a unique content identifier for the video content. The network devices incorporate, based on the descriptive information, a listing of the video content into a catalog of content available to users of a content distribution network. The network devices receive, from the content source device, the video content and receive, from a user device, a request to view the video content that includes the unique content identifier. The network devices provide, to the user device, a link to enable the user device to access the video content via the content distribution network.