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Apparatus and methods of open and closed package subscription

  • US 8,528,029 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2005
  • Issued: 09/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing media program information, comprising:

  • providing package information describing a package of media presentations associated with a billing and customer service (BCS) provider and an indication of whether the package has an OPEN or CLOSED state, the OPEN state indicating that the package is open for additional subscriptions regardless of a subscriber'"'"'s device type, and the CLOSED state indicating that the package is closed to additional subscriptions regardless of the subscriber'"'"'s device type but that the media presentations of the package are provided to devices that are associated with the BCS provider through a subscription agreement regardless of a type of the devices; and

    transmitting the package information and the indication of whether the package has the OPEN or CLOSED state to one of the devices that is associated with the BCS provider through the subscription agreement, wherein the one of the devices is configured to display the media presentations of the package.

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