AU4337500A - Electronic book alternative delivery methods - Google Patents

Electronic book alternative delivery methods

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Publication number
AU4337500A
AU4337500A AU43375/00A AU4337500A AU4337500A AU 4337500 A AU4337500 A AU 4337500A AU 43375/00 A AU43375/00 A AU 43375/00A AU 4337500 A AU4337500 A AU 4337500A AU 4337500 A AU4337500 A AU 4337500A
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AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
electronic book
delivery methods
alternative delivery
book alternative
methods
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU43375/00A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Michael L. Asmussen
John S Hendricks
John S. Mccoskey
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Warner Bros Discovery Inc
Original Assignee
Discovery Communications Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Discovery Communications Inc filed Critical Discovery Communications Inc
Publication of AU4337500A publication Critical patent/AU4337500A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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 OR CALCULATING; 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 programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or 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

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Economics (AREA)
  • Development Economics (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Radio Relay Systems (AREA)
AU43375/00A 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods Abandoned AU4337500A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US28995699A 1999-04-13 1999-04-13
US09289956 1999-04-13
PCT/US2000/009542 WO2000062229A2 (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU4337500A true AU4337500A (en) 2000-11-14

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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AU43375/00A Abandoned AU4337500A (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods

Country Status (7)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1171827A2 (https=)
JP (2) JP2002541595A (https=)
AU (1) AU4337500A (https=)
CA (1) CA2371379A1 (https=)
HK (1) HK1045379A1 (https=)
MX (1) MXPA01010299A (https=)
WO (1) WO2000062229A2 (https=)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8073695B1 (en) 1992-12-09 2011-12-06 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features
US8095949B1 (en) 1993-12-02 2012-01-10 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with restricted access features
WO2001037181A2 (en) 1999-11-17 2001-05-25 Discovery Communications, Inc. Electronic book having electronic commerce features
EP1548541A3 (en) 2000-10-24 2006-04-12 Seiko Epson Corporation System and method for digital content distribution
US20190026275A1 (en) * 2016-01-18 2019-01-24 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Digital content provision system

Family Cites Families (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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JPH0646419A (ja) * 1992-07-27 1994-02-18 Lsi Japan Kk Ｔｖ課金システム
JPH07129604A (ja) * 1993-10-29 1995-05-19 Hiuka Sangyo Kk 購入済電子ブックデータのリモート書庫システム
CA2459779C (en) * 1993-12-02 2011-02-01 Discovery Communications, Inc. Electronic book selection and delivery system having text in multiple formats
JPH088850A (ja) * 1994-06-16 1996-01-12 Hitachi Ltd 無線電子ブックシステム
JPH088853A (ja) * 1994-06-24 1996-01-12 Sony Corp スクランブル装置およびデスクランブル装置
JPH09101971A (ja) * 1995-10-06 1997-04-15 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> パーソナル電子書籍装置
US5761485A (en) * 1995-12-01 1998-06-02 Munyan; Daniel E. Personal electronic book system
US5956034A (en) * 1996-08-13 1999-09-21 Softbook Press, Inc. Method and apparatus for viewing electronic reading materials
JPH10187267A (ja) * 1996-12-25 1998-07-14 Digital Vision Lab:Kk 情報供給システム及び同システムに適用する課金システム
WO1998027494A1 (en) * 1996-12-18 1998-06-25 Hitachi, Ltd. Electronic document management method
JPH113341A (ja) * 1997-06-10 1999-01-06 Sony Corp 情報蓄積装置及び方法、情報処理通信システム及び方法

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2000062229A2 (en) 2000-10-19
JP2012054965A (ja) 2012-03-15
JP2002541595A (ja) 2002-12-03
HK1045379A1 (zh) 2002-11-22
CA2371379A1 (en) 2000-10-19
WO2000062229A3 (en) 2001-01-25
MXPA01010299A (es) 2002-09-18
EP1171827A2 (en) 2002-01-16

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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