Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of sharing an item rental account
- Patent Title (中): 共享项目租赁帐户的方法
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Application No.: US12559321Application Date: 2009-09-14
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Publication No.: US07958529B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Mitchell C. Green , Neil D. Hunt , Joshua R. Evans , Keith Hawes , Naresh Gopalani
- Applicant: Mitchell C. Green , Neil D. Hunt , Joshua R. Evans , Keith Hawes , Naresh Gopalani
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Gatos
- Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Gatos
- Agency: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP
- Agent Adam C. Stone
- Main IPC: H04N7/16
- IPC: H04N7/16 ; G06F17/00 ; G06K15/00

Abstract:
An account in an item rental service is shared with others using computer-implemented profiles, subject to computer-enforced constraints. In one embodiment, a method provides for establishing a user account, wherein the user account is associated with an account owner, wherein the user account comprises a first ordered queue indicating two or more items that the account owner desires to rent; receiving a request to add a second ordered queue to the user account, profile member identifying information, and a constraint value; creating and storing a profile record based on the profile member identifying information and the constraint value, wherein the profile record is further associated with a second queue; receiving a request to add a specified rental item to the second queue, wherein the specified rental item does not conform to the constraint value; and adding the specified rental item to the second queue only in response to receiving confirmation by the account owner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100005006A1 METHOD OF SHARING AN ITEM RENTAL ACCOUNT Public/Granted day:2010-01-07
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