SYSTEM FOR ADDING OR UPDATING VIDEO CONTENT FROM INTERNET SOURCES TO EXISTING VIDEO-ON-DEMAND APPLICATION OF A DIGITAL TV SERVICES PROVIDER SYSTEM
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Abstract
A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates ordered in a hierarchy for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. The templates include those for higher-order displays which have one or more links to lower-order displays of specific content. The VOD Application Server, in response to viewer request, displays a high-order templatized display, and in response to viewer selection of a link, displays the lower-order display of specific content. The hierarchical templatized displays enable viewers to navigate to an end subject of interest while having a unique visual experience of moving through a series of displays to the end subject of interest. For example, the higher-order display may be a product ad and the lower-order display may be an ad for a local retailer of the product. Similarly, a viewer can navigate from national product to local product ad, or classified ad category to specific classified ad, or bulletin board topic category to specific posting. In another embodiment, the VOD content delivery system is used to deliver consumer-generated classified ads on TV. A web-based Content Management System receives consumer-generated content uploaded online in industry-standard file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer'"'"'s TV indexed by title and topical area, and displays a requested classified ad in response to viewer selection.
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21. A system for receiving uploads of, processing, and transmitting externally generated video content from an Internet source to a digital television (TV) services provider system which is of the type employing a closed system of video content selectable by TV service subscribers inputting keypresses on TV remote control units for their TV equipment in order to select video content by request sent on-demand to a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV services provider system for viewing TV video content on their TV equipment comprising:
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(a) a Web-based Content Management System for enabling uploading from an Internet source of a new or updated video content item to be employed in an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system, and providing metadata to be associated with said new or updated video content item in order to specify its title, location, or manner of presentation in an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system; (b) said Web-based Content Management System being operable for automatically processing said new or updated video content item for delivery to an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system, and (c) said Web-based Content Management System being operable for enabling the transmission of said new or updated video content item and associated metadata to a VOD application server handling an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system in which said new or updated video content item is to be employed based upon the title, location, or manner of presentation specified by said associated metadata. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for receiving uploads of, processing, and transmitting externally generated video content from an Internet source to a digital television (TV) services provider system which is of the type employing a closed system of video content selectable by TV service subscribers inputting keypresses on TV remote control units for their TV equipment in order to select video content by request sent on-demand to a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV services provider system for viewing TV video content on their TV equipment comprising:
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(a) enabling uploading from an Internet source of a new or updated video content item to a Web-based Content Management System to be employed in an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system, and providing metadata to be associated with said new or updated video content item in order to specify its title, location, or manner of presentation in an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system; (b) operating said Web-based Content Management System for automatically processing said new or updated video content item for delivery to an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system, and (c) operating said Web-based Content Management System for enabling the transmission of said new or updated video content item and associated metadata to a VOD application server handling an existing VOD application offered by the digital television (TV) services provider system in which said new or updated video content item is to be employed based upon the title, location, or manner of presentation specified by said associated metadata. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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