US2013179496A1PendingUtilityA1

System and method for provisioning audiovisual works

Assignee: BLOCKBUSTER L L CPriority: May 10, 2004Filed: Dec 14, 2012Published: Jul 11, 2013

Est. expiryMay 10, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:Dominic C. Wynn Philip Williams Malachi Simons Nicholas F. Wilkins Alistair Macrow Nigel A. Dufty Alvin Eng Michael J. Doherty David M. Groves

H04L 67/01G06Q 30/06H04L 67/00G06Q 30/0645H04L 29/06047

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A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client includes maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of multiple audiovisual works, one or more of multiple categories. One or more of the categories are associated with each of multiple delivery slots in response to input from a client. For each of the delivery slots, a first audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot is provisioned for delivery to a location associated with the client.

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         1 . A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client, comprising:
 maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of a plurality of audiovisual works, one or more of a plurality of categories;   associating one or more of the categories with each of the plurality of delivery slots in response to input from the client; and   for each of the delivery slots, provisioning an audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot for delivery to a location associated with the client.

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