Method of providing A/V telecommunications to consumers

• US 20060078117A1
• Filed: 08/03/2004
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pulitzer J. Hutton
• Original Assignee: Pulitzer J. Hutton
• Inventors: Pulitzer, J. Hutton
• Application Number:
  US11/184,034
• Publication Number:
  US 20060078117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/211
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

Audio-visual telecommunications are provided to consumers by identifying a consumer and providing an information appliance comprising a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection, and a video processor connected to the network connection. Audio-visual content is provided to the information appliance and fees are collected from an audio-visual content provider.

Claims

1. A method of providing audio-visual telecommunications to consumers comprising the steps of:

identifying a consumer;

providing an information appliance comprising a network connection;

a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection; and

a video processor connected to the network connection;

providing audio-visual content to the information appliance; and

collecting fees from an audio-visual content provider.