Systems and Methods for Providing Responses to Requests from Users of an Entertainment System

• US 20100228640A1
• Filed: 03/03/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zilliontv Corporation
• Original Assignee: Zilliontv Corporation
• Inventors: Viswanathan, Vinod, Karangutkar, Milan, Anderson, Andrew T.
• Application Number:
  US12/397,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228640A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response
• 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 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a response to a request are provided. A request may be a transaction request. In some embodiments, a request is received from a client device which is coupled to a display device. The client device is associated to a user. A determination is made whether the request is authorized. A request may be authorized if it includes a key that is associated with sensitive credit card user data stored offsite by a merchant bank. A request is transmitted to a server coupled to the display device. A response from the server is transmitted to the display device for display therein. The response is based on the determination of whether the request is authorized.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for providing a response to a request, comprising:

receiving the request from a client device coupled to a display device, the client device being associated to a user;

determining whether the request is authorized;

transmitting the request to a server coupled to the display device; and

transmitting a response from the server to the display device for display therein, the response being based on the determination of whether the request is authorized.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request includes a key if the request is authorized, the key associated with user data that is stored offsite by a data storage.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the display device includes a television set.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating the key if the request is authorized; and

associating the authorized request with the key.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request is for a transaction.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server is coupled to a payment processor, the payment processor configured to process payment transactions.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server is coupled to a transaction manager, the transaction manager configured to manage a currency-based transaction based on the request.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the transaction is currency-based and is related to a purchase of a good, a service, and any combination thereof.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the user data includes sensitive credit card information associated with a credit card account of the user.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the user data includes banking account information associated with a banking account of the user.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein a provider of the data storage for storing the sensitive credit card user data offsite comprises a merchant bank.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the response to be displayed on the display device includes one of a pay-per-view video, a video rental, a video purchase, a multimedia stream, a multimedia replay, a multimedia clip, a video stream, a video, a video replay, a video playback, a video clip, an audio stream, an audio replay, an audio clip, and any combination thereof.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the response includes an acknowledgment of the request if the request is authorized.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the response includes a denial of the request if the request is not authorized.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server includes a user profile associated with the user.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein the user profile includes a spending allocation for one or more user accounts.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining whether the user has reached a transaction threshold; and

transmitting a charge against the credit card account of the user if the transaction threshold has been reached.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the user has reached a transaction threshold; and

transmitting a charge against the banking account of the user if the transaction threshold has been reached.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 17, further comprising receiving an electronic transfer of currency as a result of the charge against the credit card account of the user.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 18, further comprising receiving an electronic transfer of currency as a result of the charge against the banking account of the user.

21. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a rating from the client device coupled to the display device, the rating being associated with the response from the server as displayed on the display device.

22. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the request is for a transaction involving a quantity of credit tokens.

23. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting an indicator of a media locker to the display device for display therein, the media locker representing a storage in a user account of a plurality of videos that the user has purchased.

24. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing a response to a request, the method comprising:

receiving the request from a client device coupled to a display device, the client device being associated to a user;

determining whether the request is authorized;

transmitting the request to a server coupled to the display device; and

transmitting a response from the server to the display device for display therein, the response being based on the determination of whether the request is authorized.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the request includes a key if the request is authorized, the key associated with user data that is stored offsite by a data storage.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the display device includes a television set.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

generating the key if the request is authorized; and

associating the authorized request with the key.

28. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the request is for one of a currency-based transaction, a transaction involving a quantity of credit tokens, and any combination thereof.

29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the server is coupled to a payment processor, the payment processor configured to process payment transactions.

30. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the server is coupled to a transaction manager, the transaction manager configured to manage a transaction based on the request.

31. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the request is related to a purchase of a good, a service, and any combination thereof.

32. The computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the user data includes information associated with a credit card account of the user.

33. The computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the user data includes banking account information associated with a banking account of the user.

34. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the response to be displayed on the display device includes one of a pay-per-view video, a video rental, a video purchase, a multimedia stream, a multimedia replay, a multimedia clip, a video stream, a video, a video replay, a video playback, a video clip, an audio stream, an audio replay, an audio clip, and any combination thereof.

35. The computer readable storage medium of claim 25, the method further comprising:

determining whether the user has reached a transaction threshold; and

transmitting a charge against the credit card account of the user if the transaction threshold has been reached.

36. The computer readable storage medium of claim 25, the method further comprising:

determining whether the user has reached a transaction threshold; and

transmitting a charge against the banking account of the user if the transaction threshold has been reached.

37. The computer readable storage medium of claim 34, the method further comprising receiving an electronic transfer of currency as a result of the charge against the credit card account of the user.

38. The computer readable storage medium of claim 35, the method further comprising receiving an electronic transfer of currency as a result of the charge against the banking account of the user.

39. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, the method further comprising receiving a rating from the client device coupled to the display device, the rating being associated with the response from the server as displayed on the display device.

40. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, the method further comprising transmitting an indicator of a media locker to the display device for display therein, the media locker representing a storage in a user account of a plurality of videos that the user has purchased.

41. A computer implemented method for providing a response to a request, comprising:

receiving the request from a client device coupled to a display device, the client device being associated to a user;

generating a key if the request is authorized, the key being associated with the user data stored offsite by a data storage;

associating the request with the key if the request is authorized;

determining whether the request includes the key;

transmitting the request to a server coupled to the display device; and

transmitting a response from the server to the display device for display therein, the response being based on the determination of whether the request includes the key.