US Patent 7904930 Broadcast content delivery systems and methods

Patent 7904930 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7904930

Date of Patent

March 8, 2011

Patent Application Number

10965501

Date Filed

October 14, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Andrew Y. Koenig

Patent abstract

In an implementation of broadcast content delivery, content is broadcast to television-based client devices via a broadcast communication link. The content can be generated for display to include a user-selectable control to initiate a request for additional content that includes broadcast content and/or on-demand content. A content provider receives the request for the on-demand content from a client device via a two-way communication link, and broadcasts the on-demand content to the television-based client devices via a channel of the broadcast communication link. The content provider also communicates an identifier via the two-way communication link to the client device such that the client device can identify the channel of the broadcast communication link and receive the on-demand content via the broadcast communication link.