Method and system for associating business rules with received content in a content processing system and generating a content list therefrom

• US 9,104,987 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sue, Ranny Q.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A
• Application Number:
  US11/782,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,940 Days
• Field of Search: 725/1, 725/4, 725/5, 725 39- 42, 725/45, 725/48, 725/53, 725/87, 725/91, 725/104, 705/14.49
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A system 100 includes a content management system 221 having a material identification and business rules for content including targets and a work flow system 220 in communication with the content management system and receiving the material identification and targets. The work flow system 220 obtains content having an associated business rule identification and associates the content with the material identification. The content management system 221 associates the content with the business rules and generates a content list in response to the business rules. The content management system 221 receives a selection from the content list. The content delivery network 280 communicates content to a user device in response to the selection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing business rules for content including targets at a content management system, said targets including a user device type;

providing the targets and a material identification to a work flow system;

obtaining content at the work flow system, said content having an associated business rule identification;

associating the material identification with the content at the work flow system;

associating the content with the business rules based on the business rule identification and the material identification at the content management system;

encrypting the content into a first encrypted content based on the target and the business rules;

encrypting the content into a second encrypted content based on the target and the business rules;

storing the first encrypted content and the second encrypted content in a content repository;

generating a content list in response to the business rules at the content management system for a first target different than a second target based on a type of target when a first target type is different than a second target type;

selecting a selection from the content list; and

communicating content to a user device in response to the selection from the content repository.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a satellite.

3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a terrestrial network.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein communicating content comprises communicating content through a broadband network.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising storing billing information after selecting a selection.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a terrestrial system.

8. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a web portal.

9. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a broadband system.

10. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a satellite.

11. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content list to a user device through a program guide module and a satellite.

12. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein selecting a selection is performed at the user device.

13. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the content with a first communication means and communicating the content list using a second communication means different than the first communication means.

14. A method as recited in claim 13 wherein the first communication means comprises a satellite and the second communication means comprises a broadband network.

15. A system comprising:

a content management system having a material identification and business rules for content including targets;

a work flow system in communication with the content management system and receiving the material identification and targets, said work flow system obtaining content having an associated business rule identification and associating the content with the material identification;

a content repository;

said content management system associating the content with the business rules based on the business rule identification and the material identification, an encryption module encrypting the content into a first encrypted content based on the target and the business rules and encrypting the content into a second encrypted content based on the target and the business rules;

said content management system storing the first encrypted content and the second encrypted content in the content repository and generating a content list in response to the business rules for a first target different than a second target based on a type of target when a first target type is different than a second target type;

said content management system receiving a selection from the content list; and

a content delivery network communicating content to a user device in response to the selection.

16. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein further comprising a satellite, said content delivery network communicating content through the satellite.

17. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a terrestrial network, said content delivery network communicating content through the terrestrial network.

18. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a broadband network, said content delivery network communicating content through the broadband network.

19. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising an enterprise integration module storing billing information in response to receiving a selection.

20. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a communication system communicating the content list to the user device.

21. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a terrestrial system.

22. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a web portal.

23. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a broadband system.

24. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a satellite.

25. A system as recited in claim 20 wherein the communication system comprises a program guide module and a satellite.

26. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein a user device selects the selection.

27. A system as recited in claim 15 further comprising a first communication means communicating the content and a second communication means communicating the content list, said second communication means different than the first communication means.

28. A system as recited in claim 27 wherein the first communication means comprises a satellite and the second communication means comprises a broadband network.