Systems and methods for providing an on-demand entertainment service
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1. A system for providing an on-demand, personalized media service and a broadcast service to a set-top-box, comprising:
- a distribution network, wherein the set-top-box is connected to the distribution network; and
a distribution system including a transmission system operable to transmit via the distribution network a media channel comprising a stream of audio and video data, whereinthe set-top-box is operable to;
(1) receive the media channel via the distribution network,(2) reproduce the stream of audio data included in the received media channel for a user of the client system to hear,(3) display video corresponding to the stream of video data included in the received media channel on a display device for the user to see,(4) receive via the distribution network video identifier information comprising an identifier for identifying an available on-demand video while displaying on the display device the video corresponding to the stream of video data included in the received media channel,(5) display a user selectable element for requesting the available on-demand video on the display device so that the user selectable element is displayed on the display device together with at least a portion of the video corresponding to the stream of video data as a result of receiving the video identifier information transmitted to the set-top-box using the distribution network, the user selectable element being associated with the available on-demand video, and(6) in response to the user of the set-top-box selecting the user selectable element, causing an on-demand video system to transmit to the set-top-box the available on-demand video by transmitting to the on-demand video system an on-demand request message.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand service.
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1. A system for providing an on-demand, personalized media service and a broadcast service to a set-top-box, comprising:
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a distribution network, wherein the set-top-box is connected to the distribution network; and a distribution system including a transmission system operable to transmit via the distribution network a media channel comprising a stream of audio and video data, wherein the set-top-box is operable to; (1) receive the media channel via the distribution network, (2) reproduce the stream of audio data included in the received media channel for a user of the client system to hear, (3) display video corresponding to the stream of video data included in the received media channel on a display device for the user to see, (4) receive via the distribution network video identifier information comprising an identifier for identifying an available on-demand video while displaying on the display device the video corresponding to the stream of video data included in the received media channel, (5) display a user selectable element for requesting the available on-demand video on the display device so that the user selectable element is displayed on the display device together with at least a portion of the video corresponding to the stream of video data as a result of receiving the video identifier information transmitted to the set-top-box using the distribution network, the user selectable element being associated with the available on-demand video, and (6) in response to the user of the set-top-box selecting the user selectable element, causing an on-demand video system to transmit to the set-top-box the available on-demand video by transmitting to the on-demand video system an on-demand request message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for providing an on-demand service to a user of a set-top-box, comprising:
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receiving at the set-top-box via a cable connected to a network a media channel comprising a stream of audio and video data; the set-top-box displaying on a display device video corresponding to the video data stream; while displaying said video, the set-top-box receiving video identifier information transmitted via the cable connected to the network, said video identifier information comprising an identifier for identifying an available on-demand video; the set top box displaying on the display device, as a result of receiving said video identifier information, a user selectable element for requesting the available on-demand video while also displaying video corresponding to the video data stream so that the user can see the user selectable element while also seeing the displayed video corresponding to the video data stream, the user selectable element being associated with the available on-demand video; the set-top-box detecting that the user has selected the selectable element for requesting the available on-demand video; and in response detecting that the user has selected the selectable element, the set-top-box causing an on-demand video system to transmit to the set-top-box the available on-demand video, wherein causing the on-demand video system to transmit to the set-top-box the available on-demand video comprises the set-top-box transmitting to the on-demand video system an on-demand request message configured to cause the on-demand video system to transmit to the set-top-box the available on-demand video. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing an on-demand service to a user of a set-top-box, comprising:
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receiving at the set-top-box via a cable connected to a network a media channel comprising a stream of audio and video data; the set-top-box displaying on a display device video corresponding to the video data stream; while displaying said video, the set-top-box receiving on-demand video information transmitted via the cable connected to the network; the set top box displaying on the display device, as a result of receiving the on-demand video information, a user selectable element for requesting information identifying a set of available on-demand videos while also displaying the video corresponding to the video data stream so that the user can see the user selectable element while also seeing the displayed video corresponding to the video data stream, the user selectable element being associated with the set of available on-demand videos; in response to the user of the client system selecting the user selectable element, the set-top-box transmitting to an on-demand system an on-demand request message for causing the on-demand system to transmit to the set-top-box the information identifying the set of available on-demand videos; the set-top-box receiving displaying a menu of the available on-demand videos as a result of receiving the information. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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