HK1045379A1 - Electronic book alternative delivery methods - Google Patents

Electronic book alternative delivery methods

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Publication number
HK1045379A1
HK1045379A1 HK02105268.2A HK02105268A HK1045379A1 HK 1045379 A1 HK1045379 A1 HK 1045379A1 HK 02105268 A HK02105268 A HK 02105268A HK 1045379 A1 HK1045379 A1 HK 1045379A1
Authority
HK
Hong Kong
Prior art keywords
electronic book
delivery methods
alternative delivery
book alternative
methods
Prior art date
Application number
HK02105268.2A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
S Hendricks John
L Asmussen Michael
S Mccoskey John
Original Assignee
Discovery Communicat Inc
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Publication date
Application filed by Discovery Communicat Inc filed Critical Discovery Communicat Inc
Publication of HK1045379A1 publication Critical patent/HK1045379A1/en

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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; CALCULATING OR 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 program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, 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)
  • Development Economics (AREA)
  • 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)
HK02105268.2A 1999-04-13 2002-07-16 Electronic book alternative delivery methods HK1045379A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US28995699A 1999-04-13 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
HK1045379A1 true HK1045379A1 (en) 2002-11-22

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HK02105268.2A HK1045379A1 (en) 1999-04-13 2002-07-16 Electronic book alternative delivery methods

Country Status (7)

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EP (1) EP1171827A2 (en)
JP (2) JP2002541595A (en)
AU (1) AU4337500A (en)
CA (1) CA2371379A1 (en)
HK (1) HK1045379A1 (en)
MX (1) MXPA01010299A (en)
WO (1) WO2000062229A2 (en)

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JP2003523560A (en) 1999-11-17 2003-08-05 ディスカバリー・コミニュケーションズ・インコーポレーテッド E-book with e-commerce function
EP1202149A3 (en) 2000-10-24 2003-05-14 Seiko Epson Corporation System and method for digital content distribution
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JP2012054965A (en) 2012-03-15
AU4337500A (en) 2000-11-14
EP1171827A2 (en) 2002-01-16
WO2000062229A3 (en) 2001-01-25
WO2000062229A2 (en) 2000-10-19
CA2371379A1 (en) 2000-10-19
MXPA01010299A (en) 2002-09-18
JP2002541595A (en) 2002-12-03

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