Method and system which enables subscribers to select videos from websites for on-demand delivery to subscriber televisions via cable television network
First Claim
1. A video-on-demand system for use with personal computers connected to the Internet, the system comprising:
- a cable television network;
content provider Internet websites which list videos available for delivery from third party content providers to subscribers of a cable television service provider, wherein the subscribers use the personal computers to select videos from the content provider websites for delivery to the subscribers; and
televisions associated with the subscribers and connected to the cable television service provider via the cable television network;
wherein the content providers and the cable television service provider are in communication with one another in order for the cable television service provider to receive the selected videos from the content providers;
wherein the cable television service provider delivers the selected videos to the televisions via the cable television network for the subscribers to view on the televisions.
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Abstract
A video-on-demand (VOD) method and system for use with a computer connected to the Internet includes an Internet website. The website lists videos available for delivery from a content provider to a cable provider subscriber. The subscriber uses the computer to select a video from the website. The cable provider receives the selected video from the content provider and then delivers the video to a television of the subscriber via the cable television network. The subscriber uses the computer to register an interest profile on the website. Information regarding the available videos is compared with the profile and an email is then sent to the subscriber via the Internet. The email contains information regarding the available videos corresponding to the profile. The subscriber requests a video identified in the email for delivery from the content provider to the television via the cable television network.
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55 Claims
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1. A video-on-demand system for use with personal computers connected to the Internet, the system comprising:
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a cable television network;
content provider Internet websites which list videos available for delivery from third party content providers to subscribers of a cable television service provider, wherein the subscribers use the personal computers to select videos from the content provider websites for delivery to the subscribers; and
televisions associated with the subscribers and connected to the cable television service provider via the cable television network;
wherein the content providers and the cable television service provider are in communication with one another in order for the cable television service provider to receive the selected videos from the content providers;
wherein the cable television service provider delivers the selected videos to the televisions via the cable television network for the subscribers to view on the televisions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A video-on-demand system for use with a personal computer connected to the Internet, the system comprising:
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a cable television network;
a content provider Internet website, wherein the content provider website lists videos available for delivery from a third party content provider to a subscriber of a cable television service provider, wherein the subscriber uses the personal computer to select a video from the content provider website for delivery to the subscriber; and
a television associated with the subscriber and connected to the cable television service provider via the cable television network;
wherein the content provider and the cable television service provider are in communication with one another in order for the cable television service provider to receive the selected video from the content provider;
wherein the cable television service provider delivers the selected video to the television via the cable television network for the subscriber to view on the television. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A video-on-demand method for use with a personal computer connected to the Internet, and for use with a television associated with a subscriber of a cable television service provider and connected to a cable television service provider via a cable television network, the method comprising:
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providing a content provider Internet website listing videos available for delivery from a third party content provider to a subscriber of the cable television service provider;
the subscriber using the personal computer to select a video from the content provider website for delivery to the subscriber;
communicating the selected video from the content provider to the cable television service provider; and
delivering the selected video from the cable television service provider to the television via the cable television network for the subscriber to view on the television. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A video-on-demand system for use with a personal computer connected to the Internet, the system comprising:
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a cable television service provider having a cable television network connected to a television of a subscriber;
an Internet website, wherein the subscriber uses the personal computer to register a video interest profile on the website; and
a third party content provider which provides information regarding videos available for delivery from the content provider to the television of the subscriber via the cable television network;
wherein at least one of the cable television service provider and the content provider compares the information regarding the available videos with the video interest profile and then sends an email to the subscriber via the Internet, the email containing information regarding the available videos which correspond to the video interest profile. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A video-on-demand method for use with a personal computer connected to the Internet and for use with a cable television service provider having a cable television network connected to a television of a subscriber, the method comprising:
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providing an Internet website;
the subscriber using the personal computer to register a video interest profile on the website;
providing information regarding videos available for delivery from a content provider to the television of the subscriber via the cable television network;
comparing information regarding the available videos with the video interest profile; and
sending an email to the subscriber via the Internet, the email containing information regarding the videos which correspond to the video interest profile. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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