Interactive Video Subscription Player

• US 20110258676A1
• Filed: 10/19/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HoozOn, LLC
• Original Assignee: HoozOn, LLC
• Inventors: McHenry, Dee D., Forbes, John B., Gaskins, James A. III, Meyne, Edwin Henry
• Application Number:
  US12/907,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/112
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25435 involving characteristics of content or additional data, e.g. video resolution or the amount of advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

An interactive video subscription service is disclosed. The interactive video subscription service has a web based application. The web based application has a main transmission source, a secondary transmission source, and at least one tertiary transmission source. The main transmission source, the secondary transmission source and at least one tertiary transmission source has video and audio signals. Wherein the main transmission source is controllable by a broadcaster, and the web based application is viewable by a plurality of subscribers.

Claims

1. An interactive video subscription service comprising:

a web based application, the web based application further comprising a main transmission source, a secondary transmission source, and at least one tertiary transmission source, the main transmission source, the secondary transmission source and the at least one tertiary transmission source further comprising video and audio signals,

wherein the main transmission source is controllable by a broadcaster, the web based application is viewable by a plurality of subscribers.

2. The interactive video subscription service of claim 1 further comprising a Content Delivery Network (CDN) wherein the CDN receives the main transmission source and retransmits the main transmission source to the plurality of subscribers.

3. The interactive video subscription service of claim 1 further comprising a Content Delivery Network (CDN) wherein the CDN receives the secondary transmission source and retransmits the secondary transmission source to the plurality of subscribers.

4. The interactive video subscription service of claim 1 further comprising a Content Delivery Network (CDN) wherein the CDN receives the at least one tertiary transmission source and retransmits the at least one tertiary transmission source to the plurality of subscribers.

5. The interactive video subscription service of claim 1 further comprising a user name and location identifier.

6. The interactive video subscription service of claim 5, wherein the user name and location identifier is associated with the main transmission source.

7. The interactive video subscription service of claim 5, wherein the user name and location identifier is associated with the secondary transmission source.

8. The interactive video subscription service of claim 5, wherein the user name and location identifier is associated with the at least one tertiary transmission source.

9. A method for broadcasting multiple video sources in a web based application, the method comprising:

providing the web based application, the web based application having a main transmission source controlled by a broadcaster, a secondary transmission source and at least one tertiary transmission source.

transmitting video and audio signals from the main transmission source to the secondary transmission source and to the least one tertiary transmission source.

viewing the main transmission source, the secondary transmission source and the least one tertiary transmission source by a multitude of paying subscribers.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the broadcaster enables one of the at least one tertiary transmission sources to become the secondary transmission source.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining if the paying subscriber has paid for the viewing of the web based application.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of adding another transmission source to the at least one tertiary transmission source.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of aggregating the main transmission source to a CDN and broadcasting the aggregated transmission source to a plurality of subscribers.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of aggregating the secondary transmission source to a CDN and broadcasting the aggregated transmission source to a plurality of subscribers.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of aggregating the at least one tertiary transmission source to a CDN and broadcasting the aggregated transmission source to a plurality of subscribers.