AU2002246564A1 - Media device rental system - Google Patents

Media device rental system

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Publication number
AU2002246564A1
AU2002246564A1 AU2002246564A AU2002246564A AU2002246564A1 AU 2002246564 A1 AU2002246564 A1 AU 2002246564A1 AU 2002246564 A AU2002246564 A AU 2002246564A AU 2002246564 A AU2002246564 A AU 2002246564A AU 2002246564 A1 AU2002246564 A1 AU 2002246564A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
media device
rental system
device rental
media
rental
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Abandoned
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AU2002246564A
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AU2002246564A8 (en
Inventor
Barry Henthorn
Sean Lamont
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Individual
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Individual
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Publication of AU2002246564A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002246564A1/en
Publication of AU2002246564A8 publication Critical patent/AU2002246564A8/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/231—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • 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
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47202—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
    • 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]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/65—Transmission of management data between client and server
    • H04N21/658—Transmission by the client directed to the server
    • H04N21/6587—Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Coin-Freed Apparatuses For Hiring Articles (AREA)
AU2002246564A 2001-10-25 2001-10-25 Media device rental system Abandoned AU2002246564A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US2001/045466 WO2003036414A2 (en) 2001-10-25 2001-10-25 Media device rental system

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2002246564A1 true AU2002246564A1 (en) 2003-05-06
AU2002246564A8 AU2002246564A8 (en) 2012-02-23

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Family Applications (1)

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AU2002246564A Abandoned AU2002246564A1 (en) 2001-10-25 2001-10-25 Media device rental system

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1573419A2 (en)
AU (1) AU2002246564A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2003036414A2 (en)

Family Cites Families (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2000011871A1 (en) * 1998-08-23 2000-03-02 Open Entertainment, Inc. Transaction system for transporting media files from content provider sources to home entertainment devices

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Publication number Publication date
WO2003036414A3 (en) 2012-02-02
WO2003036414A2 (en) 2003-05-01
AU2002246564A8 (en) 2012-02-23
EP1573419A2 (en) 2005-09-14

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase