METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING BUSINESS RULES WITH RECEIVED CONTENT IN A CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20090030764A1
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sue, Ranny Q.
• Granted Patent: US 9,104,987 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A system 100 includes a content management system 221 having a material identification and business rules for content including targets and a work flow system 220 in communication with the content management system and receiving the material identification and targets. The work flow system 220 obtains content having an associated business rule identification and associates the content with the material identification. The content management system 221 associates the content with the business rules and generates a content list in response to the business rules. The content management system 221 receives a selection from the content list. The content delivery network 280 communicates content to a user device in response to the selection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing business rules for content including targets;

providing targets and a material identification to a work flow system;

obtaining content from the work flow system, said content having an associated business rule identification;

associating the content with the business rules;

associating the target and material identification with the content at the work flow system;

generating a content list in response to the business rules;

selecting a selection from the content list; and

communicating content to a user device in response to the selection.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a satellite.

3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a terrestrial network.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a broadband network.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising storing billing information after selecting a selection.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a terrestrial system.

8. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a web portal.

9. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a broadband system.

10. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a satellite.

11. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a program guide module and a satellite.

12. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a selection is performed at the user device.

13. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content with a first means and communicating the content list using a second communication means and different than the first communication means.

14. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first means comprises a satellite and the second means comprises a broadband network.

15. A system comprising:

a content management system having a material identification and business rules for content including targets;

a work flow system in communication with the content management system and receiving the material identification and targets, said work flow system obtaining content having an associated business rule identification and associating the content with the material identification;

said content management system associating the content with the business rules and generating a content list in response to the business rules;

said content management system receiving a selection from the content list; and

a content delivery network communicating content to a user device in response to the selection.

16. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein further comprising a satellite, said content delivery network communicating content through the satellite.

17. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein further comprising the terrestrial network satellite, said content delivery network communicating content through the terrestrial network.

18. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein further comprising the broadband network satellite, said content delivery network communicating content through the broadband network.

19. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising an enterprise integration module storing billing information in response to receiving a selection.

20. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a communication system communicating the content list to the user device.

21. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a terrestrial system.

22. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a web portal.

23. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a broadband system.

24. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a satellite.

25. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a program guide module and a satellite.

26. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein a user device selects the selection.

27. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a first communication means communicating the content and a second communication means communicating the content list, said second communication means different than the first communication means.

28. A system as recited in claim 27 wherein the first communication means comprises a satellite and the second communication means comprises a broadband network.