Individual internet video link channel
First Claim
1. A method for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category comprising:
- communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site;
entering a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with a video display device controlled by the user;
establishing the new service category as a background process wherein the new service category is created using the input service category name or URL;
provisioning the new service category with video content from user local and internet sources of video content; and
refreshing the IVL service automatically to include access to the new IVL service category on the user video display device.
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Abstract
A system and method for establishing and provisioning a new Internet Video Link (IVL) category under user control and utilizing user requests for locating and including preferred video content. The new IVL category will include video content located on a local device as well as video content retrieved from any interne URL provided by a user. The IVL category is built in the background and contains a category as a directory of video content and channels as sub-directories containing subsets of the video content described by the category. The user may also input keywords for use in searching for preferred video content so as to establish a mix of video content concatenated into a single mix channel for use in viewing only those video content items associated with the keywords supplied by the user. Alternatively, the mix channel may be provisioned by locating and mixing together video content that has similar metadata tags associated with the user preferred video content. The user may also receive recommendations for IVL content from other users that is similar to the content preferred by the user. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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1. A method for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category comprising:
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communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site; entering a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with a video display device controlled by the user; establishing the new service category as a background process wherein the new service category is created using the input service category name or URL; provisioning the new service category with video content from user local and internet sources of video content; and refreshing the IVL service automatically to include access to the new IVL service category on the user video display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category, comprising:
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a processor for communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site; a video display device controlled by a user, wherein the user enters a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with the video display device; the processor operative to instantiate a background process to establish the new service category created using the input service category name or URL; the processor also operative to provision the new service category with video content from user local and interne sources of video content; and the video display device providing access to the new IVL service category after an automatic refresh action by the processor to present the new IVL service category to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category comprising:
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communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site; entering a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with a video display device controlled by the user; establishing the new service category as a background process wherein the new service category is created using the input service category name or URL; provisioning the new service category with video content from user local and interne sources of video content; and refreshing the IVL service automatically to include access to the new IVL service category on the user video display device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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