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| 20090133070 | Enabling a friend to remotely modify user data - The present invention allows users to interact with people, who have interacted with other people, and obtain media files and recommendations from those having common interests, thereby creating interactive media communities and spawning electronic social networks based on media and other types of electronic entertainment. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090133078 | Systems and methods for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay programs in an interactive media delivery system - A system and method for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay program is disclosed. The pay programs are selected based on defined criteria and popularity. The most popular pay program that meets defined criteria will be automatically recorded and purchased. Notifications and confirmations are provided before purchase of pay programs. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110125585 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling content recommendation in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; receiving user behavior information from a user platform via a clickstream processing system; processing the content information, using a data processor, to provide a searchable database of processed content information, the processed content information including a recommendation for processed content information that is likely of interest to a user based on the user behavior information received from the user platform; providing a service, accessible via the data network, to enable the user platform to request the recommendation for processed content information and to identify a selected content item; and directing at least one content source to provide the selected content item directly to the user platform. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125753 | DATA DELIVERY FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling data delivery in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment include: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; processing the content information, using a data processor, to associate particular items of content information with content catalogs; storing the processed content information into a database with information identifying associated content catalogs; and providing a service, accessible via the data network, to enable a user platform to search the processed content information in the database based on a content catalog identifier. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125774 | CONTENT INTEGRATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling content integration in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; processing the content information, using a data processor, to provide a searchable database of processed content information; providing a service, accessible via the data network, to enable a user platform to request a search of the processed content information and identify a selected content item; and directing at least one content source to provide the selected content item directly to the user platform. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126230 | CONTENT INGESTION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling content information ingestion and processing in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; normalizing the gathered content information by using an ingestion engine; processing the content information, using a data processor, to associate particular items of content information with content catalogs; and storing the processed content information into a database with information identifying associated content catalogs. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126276 | CROSS PLATFORM GATEWAY SYSTEM AND SERVICE - A method, system, and apparatus for delivering content to a user of a registered platform are provided. Assets retrieved from a number of content sources may be stored on a database at a service provider. Information related to a number of content items retrieved from the assets may be presented to the user of the registered platform. In response to a request from the user, a content item associated with a content source may be delivered to the user without a need for user authentication. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110161996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PURCHASING AND RECORDING POPULAR PAY PROGRAMS IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system and method for automatically purchasing and recording popular pay program is disclosed. The pay programs are selected based on defined criteria and popularity. The most popular pay program that meets defined criteria will be automatically recorded and purchased. Notifications and confirmations are provided before purchase of pay programs. | 06-30-2011 |
