Updating Download Options for Unavailable Media Content
First Claim
1. A method, implemented in a digital content delivery system, for providing download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM), the method comprising:
- storing a download option associated with a PRM content instance, the download option including at least one time at which the PRM content instance is downloadable from the digital content delivery system; and
responsive to a change in availability of resources that are associated with transmitting the PRM content instance to a subscriber, updating the PRM download option and transmitting the PRM download option to a digital home communication terminal (DHCT).
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Abstract
A method provides download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM). The method includes storing a download option associated with a PRM content instance, updating the option, and transmitting the option to a digital home communication terminal. The option includes a time at which the PRM content instance is downloadable from a digital content delivery system. The update and transmit occurs in response to a change in availability of resources for transmitting the PRM content instance to a subscriber. Another method includes providing a download option to a user. The option is associated with a PRM content instance and includes an indication of a time at which the PRM content instance is available for download from the remote server. The option is updated responsive to a change in availability of the option due to a change in download resources that are associated with transmitting the PRM content instance to the subscriber.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, implemented in a digital content delivery system, for providing download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM), the method comprising:
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storing a download option associated with a PRM content instance, the download option including at least one time at which the PRM content instance is downloadable from the digital content delivery system; and responsive to a change in availability of resources that are associated with transmitting the PRM content instance to a subscriber, updating the PRM download option and transmitting the PRM download option to a digital home communication terminal (DHCT). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A digital content delivery system for providing download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM), the system comprising:
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logic configured to maintain a download option associated with a PRM content instance, the download option including at least one time at which the PRM content instance is downloadable from the digital content delivery system; and logic configured to update a PRM database in a digital home communication terminal (DHCT) with the purchasable recordable media (PRM) download option, responsive to a change in availability of resources that are associated with transmitting the PRM content instance to a subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, implemented at a subscriber location, for providing improved availability of purchasable recordable media (PRM) content downloaded from a remote server, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a download option to a user, the download option associated with a purchasable recordable media content instance and including an indication of at least one time at which the PRM content instance is available for download from the remote server; and updating the download option responsive to a change in availability of the download option due to a change in download resources that are associated with transmitting the PRM content instance to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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