Creating and using a virtual video asset in a video provisioning system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06Q-099/00
A61N-005/06
H04N-021/2225
H04N-021/258
H04N-021/2668
H04N-021/431
H04N-021/475
H04N-021/84
H04N-021/8549
H04N-021/472
G06Q-020/12
H04N-021/482
출원번호
US-0196803
(2011-08-02)
등록번호
US-9572995
(2017-02-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Kalidindi, Srirama
Ahuja, Sanjay
Trimper, John
Arte, Laxmi A.
출원인 / 주소
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
3
초록▼
A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a
A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded.
대표청구항▼
1. A method performed by a server device and associated with a video provisioning system (VPS) comprising: receiving, by the server device, an indication that a video asset will become available for distribution, to a set top box and another user device, at a future time, wherein the other user devi
1. A method performed by a server device and associated with a video provisioning system (VPS) comprising: receiving, by the server device, an indication that a video asset will become available for distribution, to a set top box and another user device, at a future time, wherein the other user device is a different type of user device than the set top box;retrieving, from a content provider, metadata associated with the video asset, wherein the metadata includes at least an identifier associated with the video asset; andstoring, by the server device as a virtual asset, a portion of the metadata that includes the identifier, associated with the video asset, to a first store front associated with the VPS and a second store front associated with the VPS, wherein the first store front is an interactive media guide via which the set top box can access or obtain the virtual asset, andwherein the second store front is a website or a user interface via which the other user device can access or obtain the virtual asset. 2. The method of claim 1, where the metadata includes the identifier and one or more of: an image associated with the video asset,a description of the video asset,a review of the video asset,a date when the video asset becomes available for distribution,a price associated with the video asset, ora rating associated with the video asset. 3. The method of claim 1, where storing the portion of the metadata further includes: modifying the metadata in manner that associates the metadata with the virtual asset, where the modified metadata includes at least one of: the identifier that is modified to include an indication that the identifier is associated with the virtual asset, ora description of the video asset that is modified to include a notification that the video asset is not available for distribution until the future time. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from a user device, a request for the virtual asset,retrieving, in response to the request, a user profile, associated with a user of the user device, where the user profile identifies whether the user device is the set top box or the other user device;transmitting the metadata to the user device, via the first store front, based on a determination that the user profile identifies the user device as the set top box; andtransmitting the metadata to the user device, via the second store front, based on a determination that the user profile identifies the user device as the other user device. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from a user device, a request to bookmark the virtual asset,retrieving, in response to the request, a user profile, associated with a user of the user device, where the user profile includes information associated with the set top box and the other user device;storing, in the user profile, the metadata as the bookmark; andstoring the information associated with the set top box or the other user device in a list of user devices that have previously bookmarked the virtual asset. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: receiving, at the future time, an indication that the video asset is stored in the VPS,retrieving the list of user devices that have bookmarked the virtual asset, andtransmitting, to the user devices, a notification that indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: modifying, in response to the indication that the video asset is stored in the VPS, the metadata in a manner that indicates that the video asset is available. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from a user device, a request to perform an electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset,retrieving, in response to the request, a user profile associated with a user of the user device and a transaction history associated with the user, where the user profile includes information associated with the set top box and the other user device, and where the transaction history identifies a prior electronic transaction associated with the set top box or the other user device;determining that the virtual asset has not been previously purchased, rented, or subscribed to based on the transaction history;performing the electronic transaction, associated with the virtual asset, based on the determination that the virtual asset has not been previously purchased, rented, or subscribed to,storing the information associated with the electronic transaction in the transaction history; andstoring the information, associated with the set top box or the other user device, in a list of user devices that have previously performed an electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving an indication that the video asset is stored in the VPS,retrieving the list of user devices that have previously performed the electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset, andsending an instruction that causes the video asset to be automatically transmitted to the set top box or the other user device at the future time. 10. A server device comprising: a memory to store one or more virtual assets, the one or more virtual assets corresponding to one or more video assets that are not available for distribution, where each of the one or more virtual assets includes metadata associated with a respective different video asset of the one or more video assets; andone or more processors to: receive, from a user device among a plurality of different types of user devices associated with a user, a request for a virtual asset, wherein the request includes an identifier associated with one of the one or more video assets,identify a video asset, of the one or more video assets, that corresponds to the identifier associated with the one of the one or more video assets,retrieve, from the memory, metadata associated with the identified video asset,process the retrieved metadata and provide the metadata as a virtual asset,transmit the virtual asset to the user device in response to the request, andprovide access to the virtual asset to the plurality of different types of user devices associated with the user. 11. The server device of claim 10, where the one or more processors are further to: receive, from the user device, a request to bookmark the virtual asset,store, as the bookmark, all or a portion of the metadata in a user profile associated with the user device, andstore information, associated with the user device, in a list of user devices that have previously bookmarked the virtual asset. 12. The server device of claim 11, where the one or more processors are further to: receive, at the future time, an indication that the video asset is available for distribution, andtransmit, to the user devices in the list of user devices, a notification that indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded, based on the list of user devices that have previously bookmarked the virtual asset. 13. The server device of claim 10, where, before receiving the request for the virtual asset, the one or more processors are further to: receive an indication that the video asset will become available for distribution to the user device at the future time,retrieve, from a content provider, the metadata associated with the video asset; andstore, in the memory, the metadata associated with the video asset. 14. The server device of claim 13, where, when storing the metadata associated with the video asset, the one or more processors are further to: store a portion of the metadata to a store front that allows the user device to browse, search for, or obtain the virtual asset, where the portion of the metadata corresponds to the identifier associated with the one of the one or more video assets. 15. The server device of claim 13, where the one or more processors are further to: process the metadata to create the virtual asset, where the processed metadata includes at least one of: a title, associated with the video asset, that has been modified to include an indication that the title is associated with the virtual asset,a description of the video asset, that has been modified to include a notification that the video asset will be available for distribution at the future time, orinformation associated with a status of the metadata, where the status indicates that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset. 16. The server device of claim 10, where the one or more processors are further to: receive, from the user device, a request to purchase, rent, or subscribe to the virtual asset,perform, in response to the request to purchase, rent, or subscribe to the virtual asset, an electronic transaction, associated with purchasing, renting, or subscribing to the virtual asset, that causes information, associated with the electronic transaction, to be stored in an account associated with a user of the user device, andtransmit, to the user device and as a result of the electronic transaction, a notification that the video asset will be automatically transmitted to the user device at the future time. 17. The server device of claim 16, where the one or more processors are further to: retrieve a transaction history, associated with the user of the user device, to determine whether the virtual asset has been previously purchased, rented, or subscribed to by the user device, andperform the electronic transaction based on a determination that the virtual asset has not been previously purchased, rented, or subscribed to by the user device. 18. A system comprising: one or more communication devices; andone or more devices comprising one or more processors to:receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution to a user device and at least another user device of a plurality of different types of user devices,process the metadata to create a virtual asset, associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata includes at least an identifier associated with the video asset,store the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device and the at least another device to select the virtual asset to obtain the video asset,transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded, andprovide access to the virtual asset to the user device and the at least another user device of the plurality of different types of user devices. 19. The system of claim 18, where the one or more processors of the one or more devices are further to: receive, from the user device and via the store front, the selection of the virtual asset, andtransmit the processed metadata, as the virtual asset, to the user device as a result of receiving the selection of the virtual asset. 20. The system of claim 18, where the one or more processors of the one or more devices are further to: receive, from the user device and via the store front, the selection of the virtual asset, where the selection of the virtual asset corresponds to a request to bookmark the virtual asset, andstore the processed metadata, as the bookmark, in a user profile associated with a user, of the user device, in response to the request to bookmark the virtual asset, where storing the bookmark enables the user device to obtain the virtual asset within a period of time that is less than another period of time associated with obtaining the virtual asset via the store front. 21. The system of claim 20, where, when transmitting the notification or the video asset, the one or more processors are further to: store information, associated with the user device, in a list of user devices, that have previously bookmarked the virtual asset, as a result of storing the processed metadata as the bookmark, andtransmit the notification, to the user device and at the future time, based on the determination the information, associated with the user device, is stored in the list of user devices that have previously bookmarked the virtual asset. 22. The system of claim 18, where the one or more processors of the one more devices are further to: receive, from the user device and via the store front, the selection of the virtual asset, where the selection of the virtual asset corresponds to a request to perform an electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset,obtain, from the processed metadata and in response to the request to perform the electronic transaction, a price associated with the virtual asset,perform the electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset based on the price associated with the virtual asset, andstore information, associated with the user device, in a list of user devices that have previously performed an electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset. 23. The system of claim 22, where, when transmitting the notification or the video asset, the one or more processors are further to: transmit the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on a determination that the information, associated with the user device, is stored in the list of user devices that have previously performed the electronic transaction associated with the virtual asset. 24. The system of claim 18, where the processed metadata includes at least one of: a title, associated with the video asset, that has been modified to include an indication that a title is associated with the virtual asset,an image associated with the video asset,a description of the video asset, that has been modified to include an indication that the video asset will be available for distribution at the future time, ora price associated with the virtual asset.
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