Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for ordering entertainment programs from different programming transmission sources
- Patent Title (中): 用于从不同编程传输源订购娱乐节目的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13972260Application Date: 2013-08-21
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Publication No.: US09485529B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Anthony A. Shah-Nazaroff , Jean M. Goldschmidt Iki , Kenneth Alan Moore , Christopher D. Williams
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/2543 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/2343 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/478 ; H04N21/4782 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/482
Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission. The server system automatically coordinates purchasing the media feature from a programming transmission source and providing the media feature from the programming transmission source. In one embodiment, an entertainment system includes a user interface from which a viewer selects an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission, wherein the programming transmission with the upgraded media feature is provided to the entertainment system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140040927A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING TRANSMISSION SOURCES Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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