One click web records

• US 10,390,074 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Matichuk, Chris E., Rosenberg, Scott A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Azizul
• Application Number:
  US14/848,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/34 the living accommodation being expansible, collapsible or capable of rearrangement B60P3/38 takes precedence; tents supported at least partially by vehicles E04H15/06
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/027 Remotely controlled remote control systems in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/00 Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 ; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 : using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 : by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 : by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 : on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 : on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/162 : Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 : with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 41/30 : characterised by the memory core region
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 69/00 : Erasable-and-programmable ROM [EPROM] devices not provided for in groups H10B41/00 - H10B63/00, e.g. ultraviolet erasable-and-programmable ROM [UVEPROM] devices

Abstract

A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In an embodiment directed to a single web session, users program the media-based device by clicking on one or more hyperlinks or hypertexts in the form of advertisements of upcoming broadcasts. The advertisements may be web-hosted or sponsored by web portals.

Claims

1. A method of programming a media-based device to record content through a web-based application, comprising:

providing, over a communication network, a first web page that comprises an advertisement for a broadcast program;

receiving, over the communication network, a first selection of the advertisement for the broadcast program;

extracting identification information from a cookie of the first web page, wherein the identification information is associated with the media-based device and with the broadcast program;

providing, over the communication network, a second web page that presents a plurality of commands associated with the broadcast program;

in response to receiving a second selection of a command from the plurality of commands, generating the command based on the identification information associated with the media-based device and with the broadcast program;

sending, over the communication network, the command to a source web service;

storing the command in a database associated with the source web service;

receiving, over the communication network, a query for pending transactions for a plurality of media-based devices at the database, wherein the plurality of media-based devices includes the media-based device, wherein the query is part of a series of queries sent to the database, and wherein at least some queries in the series of queries are sent at regular intervals in time; and

in response to the query for pending transactions, sending a list of pending transactions that includes the command to at least program the media-based device to record the broadcast program.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first selection of the broadcast program utilizes one click of a control input device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving of the first selection of the broadcast program comprises receiving the first selection via a clickable online advertisement for the broadcast program.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising collecting revenue based on the first selection.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media-based device comprises a digital video recorder.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the query for pending transactions, at least one pending transaction is converted to an eXtended Markup Language (XML) format.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises a user ID.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises a serial number for the media-based device.

9. A method for programming a media-based device, the method comprising:

receiving a command at a server over a communication network, the command comprising information about the media-based device generated in response to a first user selection, and information for a user, wherein the first user selection comprises the user selecting an advertisement for a broadcast program on a first web page, and wherein both the information for the user and the information about the media-based device is extracted from a cookie of the first web page;

providing, over the communication network, a second web page that presents a plurality of commands associated with the broadcast program, wherein a second user selection comprises the command from the plurality of commands;

in response to receiving the command, the server processing the command at least to;

(i) authenticate the user based on the information for the user and (ii) store the command in a database associated with the server;

receiving a query for pending transactions for a plurality of media-based devices at the database, wherein the plurality of media-based devices includes the media-based device, wherein the query is part of a series of queries sent to the database, and wherein at least some queries in the series of queries are sent at regular intervals in time; and

in response to the query for pending transactions, sending a list of pending transactions that includes the command from the database.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein receiving the command comprises receiving the command based on a selection of a link.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the information about the media-based device comprises information for the broadcast program.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the media-based device comprises a digital video recorder.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein in response to the query for pending transactions, at least one pending transaction is converted to an eXtended Markup Language (XML) format.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the information for the user comprises a user ID.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the information about the media-based device comprises a serial number for the media-based device.

16. A system, comprising:

a data integration system, comprising a database, wherein the data integration system is configured to;

receive, over a communication network, a command to program a media-based device to record a broadcast program, wherein the command comprises information for the broadcast program and information about the media-based device, wherein both the information for the broadcast program and the information about the media-based device are extracted from a cookie of a first web page, wherein the first web page presents an advertisement for the broadcast program;

provide, over the communication network, a second web page that presents a plurality of commands associated with the broadcast program;

in response to receiving a selection of the command from the plurality of commands, store the command in the database;

receiving a query for pending transactions for a plurality of media-based devices at the database, wherein the plurality of media-based devices includes the media-based device, wherein the query is part of a series of queries sent to the database, and wherein at least some queries in the series of queries are sent at regular intervals in time; and

in response to the query for pending transactions, sending a list of pending transactions that includes the command from the database.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the media-based device comprises a digital video recorder.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein in response to the query for pending transactions, at least one pending transaction is converted to an eXtended Markup Language (XML) format.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein a user ID is extracted from the cookie of the first web page.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the information about the media-based device comprises a serial number for the media-based device.