CA2371379A1 - Electronic book alternative delivery methods - Google Patents

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CA2371379A1
CA2371379A1 CA002371379A CA2371379A CA2371379A1 CA 2371379 A1 CA2371379 A1 CA 2371379A1 CA 002371379 A CA002371379 A CA 002371379A CA 2371379 A CA2371379 A CA 2371379A CA 2371379 A1 CA2371379 A1 CA 2371379A1
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French (fr)
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John S. Hendricks
Michael L. Asmussen
John S. Mccoskey
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Adrea LLC
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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 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

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  • 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)
CA002371379A 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods Abandoned CA2371379A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US28995699A 1999-04-13 1999-04-13
US09/289,956 1999-04-13
PCT/US2000/009542 WO2000062229A2 (en) 1999-04-13 2000-04-11 Electronic book alternative delivery methods

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CA2371379A1 true CA2371379A1 (en) 2000-10-19

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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=)

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US8095949B1 (en) 1993-12-02 2012-01-10 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with restricted access features
US8429028B2 (en) 1999-11-17 2013-04-23 Adrea, LLC Electronic book having electronic commerce features of recommending products and providing samples
US8548813B2 (en) 1999-06-25 2013-10-01 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8095949B1 (en) 1993-12-02 2012-01-10 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with restricted access features
US8548813B2 (en) 1999-06-25 2013-10-01 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features
US9099097B2 (en) 1999-06-25 2015-08-04 Adrea, LLC Electronic book with voice emulation features
US8429028B2 (en) 1999-11-17 2013-04-23 Adrea, LLC Electronic book having electronic commerce features of recommending products and providing samples

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WO2000062229A2 (en) 2000-10-19
JP2012054965A (ja) 2012-03-15
JP2002541595A (ja) 2002-12-03
HK1045379A1 (zh) 2002-11-22
WO2000062229A3 (en) 2001-01-25
MXPA01010299A (es) 2002-09-18
EP1171827A2 (en) 2002-01-16
AU4337500A (en) 2000-11-14

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