`USOO9338512B1
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`(12) United States Patent
`US 9,338,512 B1
`(10) Patent N0.:
`Perez
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`(45) Date of Patent: *May 10, 2016
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`VIDEO-ON-DEIVIAND CONTENT DELIVERY
`METHOD FOR PROVIDING
`VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICES TO TV
`SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
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`Applicant: Broadband iTV, Inc., Honolulu, HI
`(US)
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`Inventor: Milton Diaz Perez, 'I'iburon, CA (US)
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`Assignee: Broadband iTV, Inc., Honolulu, HI
`(US)
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`(*)
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`Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
`H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/84
`(2013.01)
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC .................................................... 725/747104
`See application file for complete search history.
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`Primary Examiner 7 Mushfikh Alam
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiAmster, Rothstein &
`Ebenstein LLP
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`ABSTRACT
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`A Video-on—demand (VOD) content delivery system has a
`VOD Application Server which manages a database of tem—
`plates for presentation of video content elements of different
`selected types categorized in hierarchical order, A web-based
`Content Management System receives content uploaded
`online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area,
`and automatically converts it into video data format compat-
`ible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title
`and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers
`listings data to the viewer’s TV indexed by title and topical
`area specified by the uploaded metadata.
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`DISH v. BBiTV
` DISH v. BBiTV
`|PR2020-01280
` IPR2020-01280
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`US 9,338,512 B1
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`1
`VIDEO-ON-DEIVIAND CONTENT DELIVERY
`METHOD FOR PROVIDING
`VIDEO-ON-DENIAND SERVICES TO TV
`SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS
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`CROSS—REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This US. Patent Application is a continuation application
`and claims the benefit of US. patent application Ser. No.
`14/703 ,5 97, filed on May 4, 2015 , ofthe same inventor, which
`was a continuation application ofUS. patent application Ser.
`No. 12/852,663, filed on Aug. 9, 2010, of the same inventor,
`issued as US. Pat. No. 9,078,016 on Jul. 7, 2015, which was
`a divisional application of US. patent application Ser. No.
`11/952,552, filed on Dec. 7, 2007, of the same inventor,
`issued as US. Pat. No. 7,774,819 on Aug. 10, 2010, which
`was a divisional application of US. patent application Ser.
`No. 10/909,192, filed on Jul. 30, 2004, of the same inventor,
`issued as US. Pat. No. 7,590,997 on Sep. 15, 2009, each of
`which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth
`herein.
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`This invention generally relates to the provision of inter-
`active television services through cable TV infrastructure.
`and more particularly, to a system and method for managing,
`converting and displaying video content on a video-on-de-
`mandplatform, andparticularly, advertising displays used for
`drill-down navigation and displays of consumer-generated
`classified ads 011 TV
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`BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
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`Cable television (CATV) systems are used to deliver tele-
`vision services to a vast majority of TV—viewing homes in the
`US. and other technologically advanced countries. The typi—
`cal CATV system has a cable service provider head end
`equipped with video servers to transmit CATV program sig-
`nals through distribution lines to local nodes and from there to
`TV subscriber homes. Within the subscriber homes,
`the
`CATV program signals are transmitted to one or more cus-
`tomer-premises TVs which are coupled to external set-top
`boxes for chamrel tuning or are equipped with internal cable
`channel tuners.
`Current CATV set-top boxes provide various functions for
`channel switching and program access between subscribers
`and the CATV head end. The more advanced digital set-top
`boxes are individually addressable from the CATV head end,
`and also allow subscribers to input via remote control units
`their selection inputs for transmission on a back channel of
`the connecting cable to the CATV head end, thereby enabling
`subscribers to access interactive television services and other
`types of advanced digital TV services. A primary type of
`interactive television system is referred to generally as a
`“video-on—demand” (VOD) system, wherein a viewer can
`enter a selection choice for a video program via the remote
`control unit to the set-top box and have the desired video
`program delivered instantane