System and method for providing content over a television network

Abstract

The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. .sctn.1.72(b), requiring an abstract that will allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment

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         21 . A system comprising:
 a server having access to a remote desktop application; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the server, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   launching the remote desktop application in response to detecting a user request to access web content provided by a service partner,   wherein the remote desktop application accesses first and second user account information, wherein the first user account information is associated with a media services account for providing a media service to a user over a network, and wherein the second user account information is associated with a service partner account for providing a web content service to the user by the service partner, and   wherein the remote desktop application associates the service partner account with the media services account to invoke the web content service over the network, wherein the user request does not provide the second user account information.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the media service comprises a television service. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the operations further comprise authenticating the service partner account based on the second user account information. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the detecting of the user request to access the web content is based on a user selection of a set top box channel, and wherein the user request indicates the selected set top box channel. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving an authentication of the media services account from the set top box prior to associating the media services account with the service partner account. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the launching of the remote desktop application comprises mapping the set top box channel to a remote desktop universal resource locator. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the web content includes an interactive web page and wherein the operation further comprise enabling the user to interact with interactive web content of the web content. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the second user account information identifies a plurality of partner accounts the user has established with a plurality of service partners for providing web content. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein each of the plurality of partner accounts is associated with a respective set top box channel. 
     
     
         30 . A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 launching a remote desktop application in response to detecting a user request to access web content provided by a service partner,   wherein the remote desktop application accesses first and second user account information, wherein the first user account information is associated with a media services account for providing a media service to a user over a network, and wherein the second user account information is associated with a service partner account for providing a web content service to the user by the service partner, and   wherein the remote desktop application associates the service partner account with the media services account to invoke the web content service over the network, wherein the user request does not indicate the service partner account.   
     
     
         31 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the web content service generates redrawn web content graphics based on the web content, and wherein the web content service provides the redrawn web content graphics to a set top box associated with the user over the network. 
     
     
         32 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the media service comprises a television service. 
     
     
         33 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the operations further comprise authenticating the service partner account based on the second user account information. 
     
     
         34 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the detecting of the user request to access the web content is based on a user selection of a set top box channel, and wherein the user request indicates the selected set top box channel. 
     
     
         35 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 34 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving an authentication of the media services account from the set top box prior to associating the media services account with the service partner account. 
     
     
         36 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 34 , wherein the launching of the remote desktop application comprises mapping the set top box channel to a remote desktop universal resource locator. 
     
     
         37 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the web content includes an interactive web page and wherein the operation further comprise enabling the user to interact with interactive web content of the web content. 
     
     
         38 . The machine-readable storage medium of  claim 30 , wherein the second user account information identifies a plurality of partner accounts the user has established with a plurality of service partners for providing web content, and wherein each of the plurality of partner accounts is associated with a respective set top box channel. 
     
     
         39 . A method comprising:
 detecting, by a system including a processor, a user request to access web content provided by a service partner; and   launching, by the system, a remote desktop application in response to the detecting of the user request,   wherein the remote desktop application accesses first and second user account information, wherein the first user account information is associated with a media services account for providing a media service to a user over a network, and wherein the second user account information is associated with a service partner account for providing a web content service to the user by the service partner, and   wherein the remote desktop application associates the service partner account with the media services account to invoke the web content service over the network, wherein the user request does not indicate the service partner account.   
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 39 , wherein the web content service generates redrawn web content graphics based on the web content, and wherein the web content service provides the redrawn web content graphics to a set top box associated with the user over the network.