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`(12) United States Patent
`Ullman et al.
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 9,148,684 B2
`Sep. 29, 2015
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`(54) ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING
`SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING
`USER-PROFILE INFORMATION
`
`(58) Field of Classification Search
` 725/46, 50, 117
`USPC
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(71) Applicant: OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
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`(56)
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`References Cited
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`(72)
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`Inventors: Craig Ullman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
`Jeffrey M. Harrington, Brooklyn, NY
`(US); Michael R. Abato, White Plains,
`NY (US); Carl R. Duda, Santa Barbara,
`CA (US)
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`(73) Assignee: OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
`
`* )
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`Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 147 days.
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`AU
`DE
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`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`4,572,509 A
`4,592,546 A
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`(21) Appl. No.: 14/142,544
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`(22) Filed:
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`Dec. 27, 2013
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2014/0189764 Al
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`Jul. 3, 2014
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 13/041,133, filed on
`Mar. 4, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,621,541, which is a
`continuation of application No. 09/409,305, filed on
`Sep. 29, 1999, now Pat. No. 7,949,722.
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`(51) Int. Cl.
`H04N 7/173
`H04N 5/445
`
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(Continued)
`
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC
`
` H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02
`(2013.01); H04L 61/301 (2013.01); HO4L
`67/306 (2013.01); H04N 7/165 (2013.01);
`H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/235
`(2013.01);
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`(Continued)
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`"Advanced Television Enhancement Forum Specification
`(ATVEF)", Comment Draft Version 1.0r1, XP002142688, (Feb. 25,
`1999), 24 pgs.
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`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner — Kieu Oanh T Bui
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm
`Schwegman Lundberg &
`Woessner, P.A.
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Example methods of providing media content via a network
`are presented. In one example, a user profile and a group
`profile are accessed. The user profile includes information
`describing a user of media content, and the group profile
`includes information describing a group of users of media
`content. Based on the information of the user profile, the user
`profile is assigned to the user group, in which the user profile
`is linked as a child profile to the group profile. Based on the
`information of the user profile and on the assigning of the user
`profile to the user group, an item of media content is deter-
`mined for transmission to a user device of the user. The item
`of media content is transmitted via the network to the user
`device.
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`21 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
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`H04N 21/2665
`G06Q 30/02
`H04N 7/16
`H04N 21/235
`H04N 21/258
`H04N 21/435
`H04N 21/442
`H04N 21/462
`H04N 21/466
`HO4N 21/4722
`HO4N 21/475
`HO4N 21/4782
`H04N 21/658
`H04N 21/81
`H04N 21/8547
`H04N 21/858
`HO4L 29/08
`HO4L 29/12
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC
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`(2011.01)
`(2012.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
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`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2011.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`
` H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/435
`(2013.01); HO4N 21/44222 (2013.01); HO4N
`21/4622 (2013.01); HO4N 21/4667 (2013.01);
`HO4N 21/4722 (2013.01); HO4N 21/4755
`(2013.01); HO4N 21/4782 (2013.01); HO4N
`21/6582 (2013.01); HO4N 21/812 (2013.01);
`HO4N 21/858 (2013.01); HO4N 21/8547
`(2013.01); HO4N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04L
`29/12594 (2013.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01);
`HO4L 69/329 (2013.01)
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`ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING
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`is further needed is a system and method for distributing
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`REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`on Mar. 4, 2011, which is a Continuation of U.S. patent
`application Ser. No. 09/409,305, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,949, 10
`722, filed on Sep. 29, 1999. Each of these applications is
`incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
`The following United States patents are incorporated
`herein by reference in their entirety: U.S. Pat. No. 6,513,069,
`entitled "ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING SYS- 15
`TEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDINGA DISTRIBUTED
`COMMUNITY NETWORK"; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,120,871,
`entitled "ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING SYS-
`TEM AND METHOD UTILIZING A WEB PAGE STAG-
`ING AREA."
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Today, the capabilities of computers to provide massive
`amounts of educational and entertainment information has 25
`exploded with the Internet. The Internet has the power to
`transform society through unprecedented levels of informa-
`tion flow between members. Currently, on-line systems offer
`a variety of different services to users, including news feeds,
`electronic databases (either searchable by the user directly on 30
`the on-line system, or downloadable to the user's own com-
`puter), private message services, electronic newsletters, real
`time games for play by several users at the same time, and job
`placement services, to name a few. However, today, most
`on-line communications occur merely through text. This cur- 35
`rently stands in great contrast to the audio/visual presentation
`of the alternative electronic medium, television. However, it
`is expected that as multimedia's incessant growth continues,
`audio/visual programs will proliferate and text will become
`less and less dominant in the on-line environment. Even 40
`though these programs will be introduced, the Internet, will
`remain essentially user unfriendly due to its very massive-
`ness, organization, and randomness. Simply stated, there is
`no order or direction in the Internet. Specific pieces of infor-
`mation are many times hard to find, and harder yet, is the 45
`ability to put that piece of information into a meaningf