公开(公告)号：US20220174344A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17676011

申请日：2022-02-18

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/61

摘要： Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.

公开(公告)号：US11290763B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16777468

申请日：2020-01-30

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/24

摘要： Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.

公开(公告)号：US11245942B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16947320

申请日：2020-07-28

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/8545 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/475 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/4786

摘要： Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses.

公开(公告)号：US20210250630A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17245149

申请日：2021-04-30

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/61

摘要： Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.

公开(公告)号：US20210235142A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17233066

申请日：2021-04-16

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/24

摘要： Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.

公开(公告)号：US20210211746A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17206409

申请日：2021-03-19

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/8545 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/475 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/4786

摘要： Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses.

公开(公告)号：US10341730B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US16055988

申请日：2018-08-06

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/472 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/438

摘要： A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.

公开(公告)号：US10057649B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15864502

申请日：2018-01-08

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/438 ,  G06Q30/02

CPC分类号： H04N21/47202 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2221 ,  H04N21/234309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/2393 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25858 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/26225 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H05K999/99

摘要： A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.

公开(公告)号：US10028026B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US15192598

申请日：2016-06-24

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/8545 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/475 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/6379 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/4786

摘要： Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses.

公开(公告)号：US09888288B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US15595200

申请日：2017-05-15

申请人： Broadband iTV, Inc.

发明人： Milton Diaz Perez

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/258

CPC分类号： H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/251 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/4122 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.