Downloading and transfer of audio or video data from video broadcasts

• US 20020073428A1
• Filed: 12/08/2000
• Published: 06/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Gurevich, Leonid, Olkha, Lev, Zaslavsky, Eduard, Kazantsev, Sergei
• Application Number:
  US09/733,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20020073428A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/86
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/165 having aromatic rings, e.g. colchicine, atenolol, progabide
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/14 Esters of carboxylic acids, e.g. fatty acid monoglycerides, medium-chain triglycerides, parabens or PEG fatty acid esters
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/26 Carbohydrates, e.g. sugar alcohols, amino sugars, nucleic acids, mono-, di- or oligo-saccharides; Derivatives thereof, e.g. polysorbates, sorbitan fatty acid esters or glycyrrhizin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/4858 Organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/00 Drugs for disorders of the nervous system
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/16 Anti-Parkinson drugs
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 25/26 Psychostimulants, e.g. nicotine, cocaine
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• 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 21/47214 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 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17327 with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A method for purchasing, downloading, and transferring audio and/or video data files through video broadcasts is disclosed. The user signals the set-top box of his video viewing system that he is interested in downloading the audio/video data file being offered. The box records the time, the channel being viewed, and, where applicable, the user ID. The box then sends this information to the controlling server when it next reports in. The server transmits the requested data, either over the Internet or by broadcasting it back to the set-top box, where it can be downloaded to a desired format.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an order for audio or video data via user selection from a video broadcast through a video viewing system;

transmitting the order from the video viewing system to a server and data storage device; and

transmitting the requested audio or video data to the user in a portable electronic form.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the order for data is stored by the video viewing system for transmission to a head-end by noting a time and channel viewed when signaled by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a user identification number is recorded along with the time and channel viewed.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein an encrypted credit or debit card number is recorded along with the time and channel viewed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the order for data is appended to a communication between the video viewing system and a server regulating the broadcast received via a communications medium.

6. The method of claim 1, further including:

receiving from the user preprogrammed instructions detailing a method of transmission

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the user identification number determines a method of transmission.

8. A system comprising:

a video viewing system for displaying a video program and receiving orders for audio or video data from a viewer;

a broadcast system over which to send the video programs;

a server for receiving and processing orders for audio or video data

a communications medium between the video viewing system and the server; and

a link between the server and the viewer for delivery of the audio or video data in a portable electronic form.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the television viewing system comprises:

a set-top box; and

a video viewing media.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the video viewing system includes a cursor control which allows a user to signal selection by placing the cursor in a specific area, or “

hot”

area, of the viewing medium'"'"'s screen.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the video viewing system includes a remote control with an “

activate”

button, which signals selection of an audio or video data program.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the order for data is appended to the normal regular communications between the video viewing system and a server regulating the broadcast received via a communications medium.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein more than one server and mass data storage unit service the video viewing system.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the requested data is transmitted via a broadcast system to the user'"'"'s video viewing system.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the video viewing system includes an audio or video file player that can download the audio or video data from a port.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the video viewing system includes a removable memory media that stores the audio or video data.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the order for data is stored by the video viewing system for transmission to a head-end by noting the time and channel viewed when signaled by the user.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein a user identification number is recorded along with a time and channel viewed.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the order for data is appended to the normal regular communications between the video viewing system and a server regulating the broadcast received via a communications medium.

21. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the user preprograms into the video viewing system a method of transmission.

17. A machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a sequence of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:

receiving an order for audio or video data via user selection from a video broadcast through a video viewing system;

transmitting the order from the video viewing system to a server and data storage device; and

transmitting the requested audio or video data to the user in a portable electronic form.