WO2000062229A3 - Electronic book alternative delivery methods - Google Patents

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WO2000062229A3
WO2000062229A3 PCT/US2000/009542 US0009542W WO0062229A3 WO 2000062229 A3 WO2000062229 A3 WO 2000062229A3 US 0009542 W US0009542 W US 0009542W WO 0062229 A3 WO0062229 A3 WO 0062229A3
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text
distribution
variety
delivery methods
alternative
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PCT/US2000/009542
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John S Hendricks
Michael L Asmussen
John S Mccoskey
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Discovery Communicat Inc
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Priority to JP2000611223A priority Critical patent/JP2002541595A/en
Priority to AU43375/00A priority patent/AU4337500A/en
Priority to EP00923210A priority patent/EP1171827A2/en
Priority to CA002371379A priority patent/CA2371379A1/en
Priority to MXPA01010299A priority patent/MXPA01010299A/en
Publication of WO2000062229A2 publication Critical patent/WO2000062229A2/en
Publication of WO2000062229A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000062229A3/en
Priority to HK02105268.2A priority patent/HK1045379A1/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV

Abstract

The invention, electronic book selection and delivery methods, provides for distribution of electronic text and graphics to subscribers (258). The method may be executed at an operations center (250), a video distribution system (208) or a variety of alternative distribution systems. The operations center (250) and/or distribution points (1020) perform the functions of manipulation of text data, security and coding of text, cataloging of books, message center, and uplink functions. The home subsystem (258) connects to a video distribution system (208) or variety of alternative distribution systems, generates menus and stores text, and transacts through communicating mechanisms (611, 613, 617). A portable book-shaped viewer (266) is used for viewing the text. A billing system (278) performs the transaction, management, authorization, collection and payments utilizing the telephone system (274) or a variety of alternative communication systems.
PCT/US2000/009542 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods WO2000062229A2 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2000611223A JP2002541595A (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Alternative delivery methods for e-books
AU43375/00A AU4337500A (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods
EP00923210A EP1171827A2 (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods
CA002371379A CA2371379A1 (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods
MXPA01010299A MXPA01010299A (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods.
HK02105268.2A HK1045379A1 (en) 1999-04-13 2002-07-16 Electronic book alternative delivery methods

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US28995699A 1999-04-13 1999-04-13
US09/289,956 1999-04-13

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WO2000062229A2 WO2000062229A2 (en) 2000-10-19
WO2000062229A3 true WO2000062229A3 (en) 2001-01-25

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EP (1) EP1171827A2 (en)
JP (2) JP2002541595A (en)
AU (1) AU4337500A (en)
CA (1) CA2371379A1 (en)
HK (1) HK1045379A1 (en)
MX (1) MXPA01010299A (en)
WO (1) WO2000062229A2 (en)

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AU4337500A (en) 2000-11-14
HK1045379A1 (en) 2002-11-22
MXPA01010299A (en) 2002-09-18
CA2371379A1 (en) 2000-10-19
JP2002541595A (en) 2002-12-03
EP1171827A2 (en) 2002-01-16
JP2012054965A (en) 2012-03-15
WO2000062229A2 (en) 2000-10-19

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