Content customization portal for media content distribution systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9503441-B2
Application number	US-201414300122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Jan 5, 2007
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An exemplary system includes a content delivery subsystem configured to receive media content from a content provider and transmit the media content over a network to a content processing subsystem configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user. The content delivery subsystem is further configured to maintain resource data associated with at least one of the media content and the content provider, make at least a subset of the resource data available to the content processing subsystem for inclusion in an end user interface, provide a content customization portal for access by the content provider, authenticate the content provider accessing the content customization portal, receive custom content from the authenticated content provider via the content customization portal, and provide the custom content to the content processing subsystem for inclusion in the end user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
maintaining, by a media content delivery subsystem configured to transmit media content over a network to a media content processing subsystem that is configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user, resource data associated with at least one of the media content and a media content provider that provides the media content to the media content delivery subsystem;
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, at least a subset of the resource data to the media content processing subsystem over the network, the provided resource data configured for inclusion in a user interface for presentation to the end user;
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, a content customization portal for backend access by the media content provider to the media content delivery subsystem, the content customization portal including a template provided to the media content provider, the template visually representing a layout of the user interface and configured to allow the media content provider to associate custom content with a spatial position in the template and the user interface, the custom content including at least a title for a media program and a description of the media program provided by the media content provider;
authenticating, by the media content delivery subsystem, the media content provider accessing the content customization portal;
receiving, by the media content delivery subsystem, the custom content from the authenticated media content provider via the content customization portal; and
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface for presentation to the end user.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the media content delivery subsystem from the media content provider, input associating the custom content with the provided resource data;
wherein the providing of the custom content to the media content processing subsystem includes providing the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface based on the input associating the custom content with the provided resource data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing of the custom content to the media content processing subsystem includes providing the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface in substitution of the provided resource data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing of the custom content to the media content processing subsystem includes providing the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface for presentation to the end user together with the provided resource data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user interface comprises a media program guide user interface; and
the template comprises a media program guide template.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user interface comprises a recording menu user interface that includes a menu of recorded media programs; and
the template comprises a recording menu template.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the recording menu template comprises a placeholder configured to facilitate the media content provider identifying the custom content to be associated with an appearance of a media program title for a media program included in the menu of recorded media programs.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the template includes a placeholder that visually indicates a recommended or maximum allowable spatial size for the custom content in the user interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

10. A method comprising:
maintaining, by a media content delivery subsystem configured to transmit media content over a network to a media content processing subsystem that is configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user, resource data associated with at least one of the media content and a media content provider that provides the media content to the media content delivery subsystem;
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, at least a subset of the resource data to the media content processing subsystem over the network, the provided resource data configured for inclusion in a user interface for presentation to the end user;
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, a content customization portal for backend access by the media content provider to the media content delivery subsystem, the content customization portal including at least one tool configured to allow the media content provider to associate custom content with the user interface;
authenticating, by the media content delivery subsystem, the media content provider accessing the content customization portal;
receiving, by the media content delivery subsystem, the custom content from the authenticated media content provider via the content customization portal, the custom content including at least a title for a media program and a description of the media program provided by the media content provider; and
providing, by the media content delivery subsystem, the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface for presentation to the end user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user interface comprises a recording menu user interface that includes a menu of recorded media programs.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one tool comprises a template visually representing a layout of the user interface and configured to allow the media content provider to associate the custom content with a spatial position in the template and the user interface.

13. A system comprising:
a media content delivery subsystem configured to transmit media content over a network to a media content processing subsystem that is configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user;
the media content delivery subsystem comprising at least one physical computing device that:
maintains resource data associated with at least one of the media content and a media content provider that provides the media content to the media content delivery subsystem;
provides at least a subset of the resource data to the media content processing subsystem over the network, the provided resource data configured for inclusion in a user interface for presentation to the end user;
provides a content customization portal for backend access by the media content provider to the media content delivery subsystem, the content customization portal including a template provided to the media content provider, the template visually representing a layout of the user interface and configured to allow the media content provider to associate custom content with a spatial position in the template and the user interface, the custom content including at least a title for a media program and a description of the media program provided by the media content provider;
authenticates the media content provider accessing the content customization portal;
receives the custom content from the authenticated media content provider via the content customization portal; and
provides the custom content to the media content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface for presentation to the end user.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the custom content is provided by the media content delivery subsystem t

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Roberts Brian F
• Stallings Heath
• Relyea Donald H

Classifications

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