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1. 发明授权

US11388461B2 Methods and apparatus for providing virtual content over a network 有权
公开(公告)号：US11388461B2
公开(公告)日：2022-07-12
申请号：US16186269
申请日：2018-11-09
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Glenn Britt , Michael L. LaJoie
IPC分类号： H04N21/254 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/478 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/643 , H04N7/167 , H04N7/173 , H04N21/4788
摘要： Methods and apparatus for selecting, purchasing and delivering content to users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for physical media (e.g., DVDs or CDs). In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and on-demand (OD) sessions or broadcast modes are used to deliver the virtual content stored at the head-end (or hub site) to the requesting owner. The purchased content is associated with one or more users when stored, thereby providing the owner(s) unlimited access thereto, without the costs and effort associated with renting/purchasing and maintaining DVDs. The content may also comprise new release content, which would otherwise not be available over the network at that time but for the purchase and delivery mechanisms of the invention. Various other complementary features for enhancing the user's virtual ownership experience are also disclosed.

2. 发明授权

US11368498B2 Methods and apparatus for packetized content delivery over a content delivery network 有权
公开(公告)号：US11368498B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-21
申请号：US16384752
申请日：2019-04-15
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Michael L. LaJoie , Louis Williamson , Wilfird Aissi , Chris Cholas , Jason Gaedtke , Kenneth Gould , Glen Hardin , Charles Hasek , Vedavati Hegde , Jeffrey P. Markley , Vipul Patel , Howard Pfeffer
IPC分类号： H04L29/08 , G06F3/01 , H04W4/00 , H04M3/42 , H04L65/1016 , H04L65/1023 , H04L65/611 , H04L65/612 , H04L67/306 , H04L67/148
摘要： Methods and apparatus for delivery of packetized content (e.g., video, audio, data, etc.) over a content delivery network. In one embodiment, the content is packetized using an Internet Protocol (IP), and delivered by a service provider over both managed and unmanaged networks to subscribers of the provider, so as to provide delivery at any time, at any location, and via any designated user device. The delivered content may originate from the service provider, third-party content sources (e.g., networks or studios), the subscriber(s) themselves, or other sources including the Internet. Use of a common control and service functions within the network afford the ability to integrate or blend services together, thereby affording the service provider and subscriber new service and economic opportunities. Content delivery sessions may also be migrated from one device to another. A network-based user interface infrastructure, and gateway-based client-side architecture, are also disclosed.

3. 发明申请

US20210006849A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF SECONDARY CONTENT VIEWING 有权
公开(公告)号：US20210006849A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-07
申请号：US16933701
申请日：2020-07-20
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Peter Stern , Michael L. LaJoie , Michael Angus
IPC分类号： H04N21/236 , H04N21/222 , H04N21/24 , H04N21/2668 , H04N21/2747 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/6587 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/8358 , G06F21/00
摘要： Methods and apparatus for selectively enforcing required insertion or viewing of secondary content, such as advertisements or promotions, in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network is a managed network (e.g., cable television, satellite, or the like), and the method includes identifying secondary content with a particular attribute or property (e.g., an advertisement that a user has watched before), and selectively enabling one or more “trick mode” functions relating to that secondary content. In one implementation, audio codes or watermarks are inserted into the secondary content and detected when the content is accessed or rendered; if the detected content matches a database or listing of previously played content for that user or premises, the trick mode functionality (e.g., FF or “skip”) is enabled, thereby allowing the user to bypass the content.

4. 发明申请

US20190149864A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL CONTENT OVER A NETWORK 审中-公开
公开(公告)号：US20190149864A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-16
申请号：US16186269
申请日：2018-11-09
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： GLENN BRITT , Michael L. LaJoie
IPC分类号： H04N21/254 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4788 , H04N7/167 , H04N7/173 , H04N21/472
摘要： Methods and apparatus for selecting, purchasing and delivering content to users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for physical media (e.g., DVDs or CDs). In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and on-demand (OD) sessions or broadcast modes are used to deliver the virtual content stored at the head-end (or hub site) to the requesting owner. The purchased content is associated with one or more users when stored, thereby providing the owner(s) unlimited access thereto, without the costs and effort associated with renting/purchasing and maintaining DVDs. The content may also comprise new release content, which would otherwise not be available over the network at that time but for the purchase and delivery mechanisms of the invention. Various other complementary features for enhancing the user's virtual ownership experience are also disclosed.

5. 发明申请

US20180159912A1 PERSONAL CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS AND METHODS 审中-公开
公开(公告)号：US20180159912A1
公开(公告)日：2018-06-07
申请号：US15823059
申请日：2017-11-27
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Michael L. LaJoie , Michael Hayashi
IPC分类号： H04L29/06 , H04W12/06 , G06Q30/02 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/63 , H04N21/436 , H04N21/4227 , H04N21/4147 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/218 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/835 , G06Q30/06
CPC分类号： H04L65/601 , G06Q30/0256 , G06Q30/0601 , H04L63/0428 , H04L63/08 , H04L63/10 , H04L65/4076 , H04L65/4084 , H04L67/02 , H04N21/2181 , H04N21/2541 , H04N21/4147 , H04N21/4227 , H04N21/43615 , H04N21/632 , H04N21/64322 , H04N21/8193 , H04N21/835 , H04W12/00503 , H04W12/06
摘要： Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process. Various access, business or operational rules are applied depending on the content and delivery mode; e.g., to live video broadcast, video-on-demand (VOD), or archived content from the subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) or networked PVR. Secondary content (e.g., promotions, advertisements, etc.) can also be selectively replaced if desired in order to make the remotely delivered content more appropriate to the remote user's context.

6. 发明申请

US20170006317A1 SECONDARY CONTENT INSERTION APPARATUS AND METHODS 审中-公开
标题翻译：二次内容插入装置和方法
公开(公告)号：US20170006317A1
公开(公告)日：2017-01-05
申请号：US15201181
申请日：2016-07-01
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Michael L. LaJoie , Michael T. Hayashi , Steven Riedl
IPC分类号： H04N21/234 , H04N21/433 , H04N21/81 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/258
CPC分类号： H04N21/23424 , G06F15/16 , G06F21/10 , H04L67/1097 , H04L2463/101 , H04N7/17318 , H04N21/2541 , H04N21/25825 , H04N21/25833 , H04N21/25841 , H04N21/4334 , H04N21/812 , H04N21/8133
摘要： Apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network, with dynamic or adaptive insertion of secondary content (e.g., advertisements or promotions) that are more relevant for that context. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process; secondary content is evaluated and selectively inserted or replaced depending on factors such as the user's remote location, the configuration of their platform, the date and time of their access request, and/or the subject matter of the primary content.
摘要翻译：允许用户（例如，有线或卫星网络用户）从用户网络外部的位置访问诸如视频节目的内容的动态或自适应插入辅助内容（例如广告或促销）的装置和相关方法，这对于这种情况更为重要。在一个实施例中，个人内容服务器通过内容管理器进程的授权通过网络连接将内容从本地例如（订阅）网络流向远程网络; 根据诸如用户的远程位置，其平台的配置，其访问请求的日期和/或主要内容的主题等因素来评估和选择性地插入或替换次要内容。

7. 发明申请

US20160315989A1 PERSONAL CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS AND METHODS 有权
公开(公告)号：US20160315989A1
公开(公告)日：2016-10-27
申请号：US15137923
申请日：2016-04-25
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Michael L. LaJoie , Michael Hayashi
IPC分类号： H04L29/06 , H04W12/06 , H04L29/08
CPC分类号： H04L65/601 , G06Q30/0256 , G06Q30/0601 , H04L63/0428 , H04L63/08 , H04L63/10 , H04L65/4076 , H04L65/4084 , H04L67/02 , H04N21/2181 , H04N21/2541 , H04N21/4147 , H04N21/4227 , H04N21/43615 , H04N21/632 , H04N21/64322 , H04N21/8193 , H04N21/835 , H04W12/06
摘要： Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process. Various access, business or operational rules are applied depending on the content and delivery mode; e.g., to live video broadcast, video-on-demand (VOD), or archived content from the subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) or networked PVR. Secondary content (e.g., promotions, advertisements, etc.) can also be selectively replaced if desired in order to make the remotely delivered content more appropriate to the remote user's context.

8. 发明申请

US20230051743A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF SECONDARY CONTENT VIEWING 有权
公开(公告)号：US20230051743A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-16
申请号：US17978798
申请日：2022-11-01
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Peter Stern , Michael L. LaJoie , Michael Angus
IPC分类号： H04N21/236 , H04N21/222 , H04N21/24 , H04N21/2668 , H04N21/2747 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/643 , H04N21/6587 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/8358 , G06F21/00
摘要： Methods and apparatus for selectively enforcing required insertion or viewing of secondary content, such as advertisements or promotions, in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network is a managed network (e.g., cable television, satellite, or the like), and the method includes identifying secondary content with a particular attribute or property (e.g., an advertisement that a user has watched before), and selectively enabling one or more “trick mode” functions relating to that secondary content. In one implementation, audio codes or watermarks are inserted into the secondary content and detected when the content is accessed or rendered; if the detected content matches a database or listing of previously played content for that user or premises, the trick mode functionality (e.g., FF or “skip”) is enabled, thereby allowing the user to bypass the content.

9. 发明申请

US20160012492A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USER-BASED TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于基于用户的目标内容传送的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US20160012492A1
公开(公告)日：2016-01-14
申请号：US14754226
申请日：2015-06-29
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Michael L. LaJoie
IPC分类号： G06Q30/02
CPC分类号： G06Q30/0269 , G06Q30/02 , G06Q30/0264 , H04N7/17318 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/25875 , H04N21/25883 , H04N21/25891 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/45 , H04N21/812 , H04N21/8455
摘要： Methods and apparatus for selecting and delivering advertising or promotional content based on, e.g., the attributes of a desired demographic. In one embodiment, the invention enhances advertising or promotional penetration into a particular demographic of a network subscriber pool by correlating the advertising/promotion (and even the contextual program content) with specific users or groups of users within the pool. This approach decouples the advertising or promotion from any given program or lineup, and gives the network operator flexibility in deciding where, when, and how often to insert advertisements or promotions in order to achieve the desired result. Dynamic network architectures such as broadcast switched architectures can also be leveraged to further enhance flexibility and targeting precision. In effect, the network advertising or promotion model is made results-driven (versus program-centric). Subscriber privacy is also optionally maintained, thus ensuring that stored data is not traceable to a specific user.
摘要翻译：基于例如期望人口统计特征来选择和递送广告或促销内容的方法和装置。在一个实施例中，本发明通过将广告/促销（甚至上下文节目内容）与池内的特定用户或用户组相关联来增强对网络订户池的特定人口统计的广告或促销渗透。这种方法将广告或促销与任何给定的节目或阵容分离开来，并使网络运营商灵活地决定在何处，何时以及频繁地插入广告或促销以达到预期效果。还可以利用诸如广播交换架构的动态网络架构来进一步提高灵活性和定位精度。实际上，网络广告或促销模式是以结果为导向的（而不是以节目为中心）。也可选地维护用户隐私，从而确保存储的数据不可追溯到特定用户。

10. 发明授权

US09143829B2 Technique for providing a virtual digital video recorder service through a communications network 有权
公开(公告)号：US09143829B2
公开(公告)日：2015-09-22
申请号：US13710095
申请日：2012-12-10
申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
发明人： Carl U. J. Rossetti , Michael L. LaJoie , Michael T. Hayashi
IPC分类号： H04N5/91 , H04N21/45 , H04N5/782 , H04N7/173 , H04N21/2343 , H04N21/24 , H04N21/258 , H04N21/2747 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/6587
CPC分类号： H04N21/2747 , H04N5/782 , H04N7/17336 , H04N21/231 , H04N21/234381 , H04N21/2393 , H04N21/2408 , H04N21/2543 , H04N21/25891 , H04N21/4508 , H04N21/47214 , H04N21/47217 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/6587
摘要： In response to a request initiated by a user at a user terminal, selected entertainment programming content, when broadcast, is recorded at a location remote from the user terminal. The request is communicated through a communications network, e.g., cable TV network, which is also used for transmission of entertainment programming content to user terminals. The recorded programming content is stored in a storage space at the remote location, which is allocated to the user terminal. In response to a review request from the user terminal, the recorded programming content is retrieved from the storage space allocated thereto, and transmitted to the user terminal through the communications network. The presentation of the recorded programming content may be manipulated by the user to perform rewinding, pausing and fast-forwarding thereon.

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