(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,965,180 B2 Knight Et Al
USOO89651 80B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,965,180 B2 Knight et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Feb. 24, 2015 (54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 2 1/84 (2013.01); CONVERTING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA H04L 65/602 (2013.01); G1 I B2220/2562 CONTENT AUTHORED FOR DISTRIBUTION (2013.01) VIAA PHYSICAL MEDIUM FOR USPC .......................................................... 386/282 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION (58) Field of Classification Search USPC ......... 386/278, 279, 280, 281, 282,283, 284, (75) Inventors: Anthony David Knight, San Jose, CA 386/285, 290 (US); Ian Michael Lewis, Oxfordshire See application file for complete search history. (GB); Andrew Maurice Devitt, London (GB) (56) References Cited (73) Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,838,843. A 6, 1989 Westhoff (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5,313,881 A 5/1994 Morgan patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 66 days. (Continued) This patent is Subject to a terminal dis FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS claimer. EP O865.362 B1 T 2003 (21) Appl. No.: 13/182,376 JP 2001344828 12/2001 (Continued) (22) Filed: Jul. 13, 2011 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data Apple Inc., "iTunes Extra iTunes LP Development: Template How US 2012/OO 14674 A1 Jan. 19, 2012 To v1.1”. Jan. 26, 2010, 58 pgs. (Continued) Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner — Tat Chio (60) Provisional application No. 61/364,001, filed on Jul. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Ropes & Gray LLP 13, 2010. (57) ABSTRACT (51) Int.
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