Price Driven Multimedia Content Reception
First Claim
1. A customer premises equipment, comprising:
- an external interface to receive, from a gateway device, a subscriber content price for multimedia content, the subscriber content price being based on a lead-time of electronic delivery of the multimedia content via at least one transport provider servicing the customer premises equipment, and receive the multimedia content within the lead-time;
a user interface to schedule, based on the subscriber content price, electronic delivery of the multimedia content to the customer premises equipment within the lead-time; and
an assembly engine to retrieve the multimedia content from a storage device and output the multimedia content to a display device.
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Abstract
An apparatus can include an external interface, a user interface, and an assembly engine. The external interface can receive, from a gateway device, a subscriber content price for multimedia content, the subscriber content price being based on a lead-time of electronic delivery of the multimedia content via at least one transport provider servicing the customer premises equipment, and receive the multimedia content within the lead-time. The user interface can schedule, based on the subscriber content price, electronic delivery of the multimedia content to the customer premises equipment within the lead-time. The assembly engine can retrieve the multimedia content from a storage device and output the multimedia content to a display device.
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40 Claims
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1. A customer premises equipment, comprising:
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an external interface to receive, from a gateway device, a subscriber content price for multimedia content, the subscriber content price being based on a lead-time of electronic delivery of the multimedia content via at least one transport provider servicing the customer premises equipment, and receive the multimedia content within the lead-time; a user interface to schedule, based on the subscriber content price, electronic delivery of the multimedia content to the customer premises equipment within the lead-time; and an assembly engine to retrieve the multimedia content from a storage device and output the multimedia content to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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receiving, with an external interface and from a gateway device, a subscriber content price for multimedia content, the subscriber content price being based on a lead-time of electronic delivery of the multimedia content via at least one transport provider servicing the customer premises equipment; scheduling, with a user interface and based on the subscriber content price, electronic delivery of the multimedia content to the customer premises equipment within the lead-time; receiving, with the external interface, the multimedia content within the lead-time; retrieving, with an assembly engine, the multimedia content from a storage device; and outputting, with the assembly engine, the multimedia content to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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