(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,719,090 B2 Lewis (45) Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
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US008719090B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,719,090 B2 Lewis (45) Date of Patent: May 6, 2014 (54) SYSTEM FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND (56) References Cited ON-DEMAND RENTAL AND PURCHASE OF DIGITAL DATA PRODUCTS U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,721.827 A * 2/1998 Logan et al. .................. 709/217 (76) Inventor: William Henry Lewis, Seaside, FL (US) 5,758,257 A * 5/1998 Herz et al. T25,116 6,876,974 B1 * 4/2005 Marsh et al. ............... 705/1444 7,010,801 B1 3/2006 Jerding et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 8,046,801 B2 10/2011 Ellis et al. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 2004/O123323 A1* 6/2004 Russo ............................. 725/88 U.S.C. 154(b) by 964 days. 2005, 0028208 A1 2/2005 Ellis et al. 2005/0144641 A1* 6/2005 Lewis ............................. 725/60 (21) Appl. No.: 10/848,238 OTHER PUBLICATIONS White, Ron, “How Computers Work” (Indianapolis, IN: Que Corpo (22) Filed: May 18, 2004 ration, 1999): 148-151.* Definition of “storage location'. Microsoft Press Computer Dictio Prior Publication Data nary, 3rd Ed. (Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, 1997).* (65) Wickell, Janet, “Time-Share Ownership Variations', downloaded US 2005/0144641 A1 Jun. 30, 2005 Aug. 13, 2013 from http://homebuying about.com/cs/ timesharebasics/a/ownership.htm.* Related U.S. Application Data * cited by examiner (63) Continuation of application No. 09/383,994, filed on Primary Examiner — Donald L. Champagne Aug. 26, 1999, now abandoned, which is a (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Owens Tarabichi LLP continuation-in-part of application No. 08/873,584, (57) ABSTRACT filed on Jun. 12, 1997, now abandoned. A system for handling data and transactions involving data through the use of a virtual transaction Zone, which virtual (51) Int. C. transaction Zone removes the dependency of such transaction G06030/00 (2012.01) on the delivery medium of the product. The invention may G06F 3/00 (2006.01) reside and operate on a variety of electronic devices Such as H04N 7/2 (2006.01) televisions, VCRs, DVDs, personal computers, WebTV. any (52) U.S. C. other known electronic recorder/player, or as a stand alone USPC ......... 705/1449; 705/14.66; 725/35; 725/58; unit. The transaction Zone also provides a mechanism for 725/60; 725/61; 725/86 combining mediums, data feeds, and manipulation of those (58) Field of Classification Search feeds. The transaction Zone also provides a mechanism for USPC ............ 705/1449, 14.66; 725/35, 58, 60, 61, controlling the content, delivery, and timing of delivery of the 725,786 end consumer's product. See application file for complete search history. 106 Claims, 20 Drawing Sheets ADWERTISERS EXAMPLES 7 f Al 7 A2 71 A3 7 7 AS A6 Bames and Tower Disney ... Bean C. Schwa Home Shopping Network Note Records BO R. Block ovC Blockbuster BROADCASER 4. 70 CONTENT PROVIDER 7 30 Ni------------------------- ISP : MICROPROCESSOR !-- 12 User Interface i 35 ATS Automatic Conticit -1 Fieri Editor : 29 A. storageindividual units : Recorder Data Storage -- assigned for commercial use DISPLAYIPLAYBACK u-1 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 1 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 To Display U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 2 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9- --- Network Broadc2S --- TV Signal To Processing Means Broadcast Radio - B --> Signal Computer Networ o Signal U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 3 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Main Menu Virtual Blockbuster Virtual Music Store Virtual Book Store Virtual QVC Video Magazines Games/Software FIG. 3A Virtual Blockbuster Select Movie From: Internal Storage Broadcast Schedule On Demand Other Select Movie By: Title Theme Actor Genre Other Previews New Releases F.G. 3B U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 4 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Transaction Menu Selections Star Wars Die Hard Dr. Doolittle Jaws otal Payment Method: Acct. No. Visa/MC AMEX Debit Card Other FIG. 3C Function Menu Record Movie Play Movie Download Movie Upload Movie Erase/Auto Return Custom Edit Condense Store in Data Box Other FIG. 3D U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 5 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Record Operations Auto-Record by: Content Filter DMS Program Guide Auto Clock Timer VCR Plus T.V. Guide Plus Other Re-Recording a. Custom Edit b. Assign Data Box C. To Portable Continuous Loop a. Main Storage b. Data Box C. Auto Timer FIG.3E U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 6 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Filter/Edit Menu Auto-Record Filter By Title By Theme By Actor By Ratings By Year of Release Other Auto-Editing a. Ratings Based b. Multi-Format Selections C. Custom Criteria Auto-Record Program Filter Settings a. All Westerns b. John Wayne Only C. All Ratings Custom Edit Settings N/A Pre-Edited Selections Preset A Record Assignment a. Main b. Data Box 4 C. Other FIG, 3G U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 7 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Editing Program Scarface Edit to PG-13 Condense - 2 hr. max Storyline B Display - letter box Language - Spanish Audio - Latino Quality - B Program 2. Fried Green Tomatoes Pre-Edited Selection 3 FIG. 3H Pre-Edited Program Program: Fried Green Tomatoes Rating Edited: PG Time Condense: N/A - 2 hrs. Director's Cut: Storyline B Music Score: M-2 Symphonic Display: Letterbox Quality: A Language: English Previews: 7 4:10 Interviews: v. Director 3:25 F.G. 3 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 8 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Data Retrieval Data Requests U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 10 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 O Ob 10C 20 a 20 b 20 C Figure 7 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 11 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 1. Audio/Video DDDD 56 D. N6 so-1 n G 100 2 2 ? 2 27 12 Playback. 5 Ob - Microprocessor Oc 23 -- Multiplexer PrOOrom Receiver 10 it). StorageBuilt-in . ) 4 26 30 Flo/ 19 Editor N-35 On 2 Potable Storage U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 12 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Multiple Feed Commercial Transaction Example "Virtual Sports Center" 56 64 i Y Transaction Zone AO DATA RECORDER Data Box DATA STORAGE BLENDED Multimedia Data Display/Playback F.G. 9 Master Menu Data Fields Combined Data Prog. Network Broadcast . Sports Event 1. Superbowl - NBC . Cable ESE 2. Preview - ESPN2-DSS . Satellite ; Sw 3. Stats - ESPN.com UKF/VHF E. 4. Music - Cable Wireless Cable 5. Act, 5. Special Eff. - Int. Internet 6. InterMusic S 6. Video Catalog - Lnt. Local A. Rent 7. Home Shopping Purch. 8. Special Effects P ce FIG. O Credit Card FIG. FG, 2. U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 13 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 DATA TRANSMISSION SOURCES 66 NETWORK SATELLITE I CABLE INTERNET TELEPHONES (RRP) VPR/DMS 10 Basic Operations Flowchart Cl INPUT CHANNELS 2 34 decodei descramble RECEIVER/DECODER Identifies suitable Content/programs for User-suitable "ra data recording and/or criteria (i.e. by title, USER SELECTABLE processing (filtering) theme, genre, actors, CRITERIA etc.) Used for editing data time schedules bedsiprograms (i.e. auto clock timer, AUTOMATIC CONTENT movie, TV shows, record, VCR plus, FILTER/EDITOR music data, etc. TV Guide Plus, etc. - Storage of processed edited Data selected data programs (general (filtered)d for RECORDER(S) storage or to individual record only storage units "DATA BOX "DATA BOX" Used for multiple party access or multiple processing tasks (i.e. Storage of custom edited category filing, etc.) programsidata for general access or to personal data storage unit(s) rawDescramble data (pre-stored) decode decoder Selection and or editing pre stored data (i.e. movie, etc. Automatic Content Filter/Editor E-Mail TV Program Movies Music Recs. Computer Audio Video Phone Games Books Catalogs Messages 5 9 67 DISPLAY Player/recorder with 1 portable storage PLAYBACK Built-in or external FIG. 13 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 15 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 0£ C1-ISVEI?IWOH (JYIH)SWCI U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 16 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 -------------------------+------------------------*~)|(~)d'S[ SHOESIJLHERACIW(SQT.d.WVX3) YHOSS@HOONHJORIOIWN l ZVIL |V U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 17 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 POST-RECORDING DATA PROCESSING Rental/Purchase/PayPerViewa Programs (moview example) 39 Broadcaster Content Provider 14 Recorder Data Storage Raw Movie Data Descrambler Scrambler 35 Filter/Editor l4 72 Buffer Memory 74 Movie Movie Stored Movie Movie Movie Version Version Version Version (edited or unedited) A B D Data Box Data Box General Data Storage Data Box Data Box 2 3 4 Display Portable Playback Storage 5 19 FG, 17 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 19 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 U.S. Patent May 6, 2014 Sheet 20 of 20 US 8,719,090 B2 Video on Demand Svstem (V.O.D.) 39/41 Internet Server OT Broadcast Randon novie select/playback c Multiple channels time delivering same movie data in 30 minute delay intervals P END OF Movie C2 75 US 8,719,090 B2 1. 2 SYSTEM FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND cassette modes. Yet another example is the battle over which ON-DEMAND RENTAL AND PURCHASE OF medium, PC's or televisions, will eventually triumph in being DIGITAL DATA PRODUCTS the delivery channel for all of this information. Another issue arises when discussing the conduit for receiving the informa CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED tion being provided to end-users.