Interactive video distribution systems – Billing in video distribution system – Having variable cost or free preview period
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Sheleheda, James (Department: 2424)
Interactive video distribution systems
Billing in video distribution system
Having variable cost or free preview period
C725S061000, C725S087000, C705S014100
Reexamination Certificate
active
08001560
ABSTRACT:
A method for providing subscription-on-demand services for video-on-demand programs within an interactive information distribution system. The method includes associating a plurality of video-on-demand programming packages as a programming bundle and identifying a number of video-on-demand programming packages within the programming bundle that a subscriber has subscribed. When the number of video-on-demand programming packages exceeds a pre-specified number of programming packages, the subscriber is automatically subscribed to all the video-on-demand programming packages in the programming bundle.
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Johnson Michael D.
LaRocca Tobie
Cox Communications, Inc.
Merchant & Gould
Sheleheda James
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