SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING, CONVERTING AND DISPLAYING VIDEO CONTENT ON A VIDEO-ON-DEMAND PLATFORM, INCLUDING ADS USED FOR DRILL-DOWN NAVIGATION AND CONSUMER-GENERATED CLASSIFIED ADS
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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.
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19. A web-based content management system operable on one or more computers on a network, comprising:
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(a) an input module stored on the one or more computers and configured to receive at least the following digital content; (i) a video content, and (ii) respective content-characterizing data comprising; (1) respective title information, (2) respective category information, and (3) respective subcategory information (b) an encoding module stored on the one or more computers and configured to encode the video content to an encoded video content file in a format capable of playback on a predetermined video-on-demand application; (c) a metadata generating module stored on the one or more computers and configured to generate associated metadata for the encoded video content file by converting at least a portion of the content-characterizing data so that the associated metadata can be used with the encoded video content file in order to specify title for the video content in an interactive user interface of the predetermined video-on-demand application presenting the respective title information in a hierarchical ordering of respective category information and subcategory information so that the video content is locatable by a television user when using the predetermined video-on-demand application offered by a digital television service provider system; and (d) a packaging module stored on the one or more computers and configured to generate a data package for transport, directly or indirectly, to the predetermined video-on-demand application. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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