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Content delivery system and method for providing customized channels and content to terminal devices

  • US 10,178,424 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2017
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a content delivery system that includes a plurality of terminal devices and a server, the server having access to a memory element, the method comprising:

  • storing, within the memory element, a plurality of channel configurations dictating a customized set of channels available to display on particular ones of the plurality of terminal devices;

    authenticating one terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices with the server;

    receiving, by the server from the one terminal device, a first request for one of the plurality of channel configurations, the one of the plurality of channel configurations associated with the one terminal device, the one of the plurality of channel configurations dictating a customized channel for the one terminal device, the customized channel being one of a plurality of selectable channels for display on the one terminal device;

    sending, by the server to the one terminal device, the one of the plurality of channel configurations in response to the first request, including sending a collection of metadata for a first content element and a second content element to be simultaneously displayed on the customized channel, the metadata indicating a first storage location of the first content element within the memory element, the metadata indicating a second storage location of the second content element within the memory element;

    receiving, by the server, at least one second request for content from the one terminal device, the at least one second request corresponding to the one of the plurality of channel configurations and indicating the first storage location and the second storage location;

    retrieving, by the server, the first content element and the second content element according to first storage location and the second storage location indicated in the at least one second request;

    sending, by the server to the terminal device in response to the at least one second request, the first content element and the second content element for populating the customized channel by the one terminal device according to the one of the plurality of channel configurations; and

    displaying by the one terminal device, the first content element and the second content element simultaneously on the customized channel according to the one of the plurality of channel configurations.

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